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When I come to a design decision, people know that is that.

Carlos Ghosn

When I come to a design decision, people know that is that.

Tags: design, decision, people, know

At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the only one I could afford!

Carlos Ghosn

At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the only one I could afford!

Tags: age

About Author
Carlos Ghosn (; French: [kaʁlɔs ɡon]; Arabic: كارلوس غصن; Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: ['kaːrlos 'ɣosˤn], born 9 March 1954) is a businessman and former automotive executive, widely known for having dramatically fled house arrest in 2019 in Japan, while awaiting trial on financial impropriety charges related to his tenure at Nissan.Ghosn served as CEO of Michelin North America, chairman and CEO of Renault, chairman of AvtoVAZ, chairman and CEO of Nissan, and chairman of Mitsubishi Motors.

Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.

Carlos Ghosn

Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.

Tags: car, design, important, dimension

You want to make sure this particular car is going to please the customer and then you're going to be rewarded with something that is going to please the shareholder.

Carlos Ghosn

You want to make sure this particular car is going to please the customer and then you're going to be rewarded with something that is going to please the shareholder.

Tags: car, customer, want, you

Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation.

Carlos Ghosn

Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation.

Tags: important, transportation

The time is right for electric cars - in fact the time is critical.

Carlos Ghosn

The time is right for electric cars - in fact the time is critical.

Tags: environmental, right

I have my family, my children - I have a lot of outside activities.

Carlos Ghosn

I have my family, my children - I have a lot of outside activities.

Tags: family

Electric cars are not going to take the market by storm, but it's going to be a gradual improvement.

Carlos Ghosn

Electric cars are not going to take the market by storm, but it's going to be a gradual improvement.

Tags: storm, improvement, going

When you're C.E.O., you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company. The second is that you need to feel the motivation to do the job. So, as l...

Carlos Ghosn

When you're C.E.O., you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company. The second is that you need to feel the motivation to do the job. So, as l...

Tags: trust, today, job, company

When you're CEO, you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company. The second is that you need to feel the motivation to do the job. So, as long...

Carlos Ghosn

When you're CEO, you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company. The second is that you need to feel the motivation to do the job. So, as long...

Tags: trust, job, motivation, company

I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.

Carlos Ghosn

I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.

Tags: respect, generation, environment

Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance...

Carlos Ghosn

Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance...

Tags: great

The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.

Carlos Ghosn

The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.

Tags: leadership, small, situation, prioritize

You have to listen to the people who have a negative opinion as well as those who have positive opinion. Just to make sure that you are blending all these opinions in your mind before a decision is ma...

Carlos Ghosn

You have to listen to the people who have a negative opinion as well as those who have positive opinion. Just to make sure that you are blending all these opinions in your mind before a decision is ma...

Tags: positive, decision, mind, negative

You'll never convince me there is a hopeless situation or there is any finality in any success or any failure.

Carlos Ghosn

You'll never convince me there is a hopeless situation or there is any finality in any success or any failure.

Tags: failure, success, me, you

We are still keeping, as much as we can to the one million commitment that we made, hoping that at a certain point in time, the headwinds represented by the strength of the yen will be a little bit le...

Carlos Ghosn

We are still keeping, as much as we can to the one million commitment that we made, hoping that at a certain point in time, the headwinds represented by the strength of the yen will be a little bit le...

Tags: strength, time, strong, commitment

I approve designs not because I think I am more gifted or somebody who can see ahead three or four years from now, but just to make sure that the design is a logical, rational decision, taken after an...

Carlos Ghosn

I approve designs not because I think I am more gifted or somebody who can see ahead three or four years from now, but just to make sure that the design is a logical, rational decision, taken after an...

Tags: design, i am, decision, think

We have some worse scenarios for which we need to prepare as companies. For the moment, we're planning for the worst, and the worst is now, and the car market is down more than 15 percent in France. T...

Carlos Ghosn

We have some worse scenarios for which we need to prepare as companies. For the moment, we're planning for the worst, and the worst is now, and the car market is down more than 15 percent in France. T...

Tags: car

Profit is the most global aspect of a business, and it is cross-functional.

Carlos Ghosn

Profit is the most global aspect of a business, and it is cross-functional.

Tags: business, profit, global, most

Business is tough you need tough guys.

Carlos Ghosn

Business is tough you need tough guys.

Tags: business