Carlos Ghosn Quotes

Brazil, Entrepreneur
March 9, 1954

Carlos Ghosn, KBE (pronounced [ɡɔn]; born March 9, 1954) is a Brazilian-Lebanese-French businessman born in Porto Velho, Brazil, who is currently the Chairman and CEO of France-based Renault, Chairman and former CEO of Japan-based Nissan, and Chairman of Mitsubishi Motors. From June 2013 to June 2016, Ghosn was Chairman of Russia-based automobile manufacturer AvtoVAZ. Ghosn is also Chairman and CEO of the Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance, the strategic partnership overseeing Nissan, Mitsubishi and Renault through a unique cross-shareholding agreement. The Alliance, which includes AvtoVAZ, has held approximately 10% of the global market share since 2010, and as of 2017 is the third largest automobile group worldwide, having previously been the fourth largest automobile group worldwide since 2010.

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

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I think we're going to have some difficulty in front of us. I have absolutely no doubt the next three, four years Europe are going to be at best stagnation. We are preparing for tough times.

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- Best
- Doubt
- Tough

Incentives are not strategy, they are tactics. Defensive measures.

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- Strategy
- Incentives
More and more, in any company, managers are dealing with different cultures. Companies are going global, but the teams are being divided and scattered all over the planet.

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

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- Success
- Me
- Failure
Synergies are not only about cost reduction. Synergies can be access to markets, exchange of products, avoiding overlaps, exchange of best practices.

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- Best
- Products
- Access
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 less strong.

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- 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 analyzing pros and cons.

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- Decision
- Design
- Rational

Don't believe what I say. Believe what I do.

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- Believe
- Say
Talking about stepping down in five years is frankly not a topic of particular actuality now.

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- Years
- Down
- Now
As an individual, not as the boss of a company, I am very interested in motor racing.

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- Company
- Boss
- Racing
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. There is so much uncertainty.

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- Car
- Moment
- Planning
China will be the answer to Japan's problems.

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- Problems
- Answer
- China
I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example.

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- Best
- Training
- Management

We are not making a capital investment into GM as the first element or condition.

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- First
- Making
- Investment
I love not to be busy in a certain way.

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- Way
- Certain
- Busy
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.

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- Want
- Car
- Customer
You don't build your character by doing what everybody else is doing.

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- Character
- You
- Doing