Carlos Ghosn arrest: What we know and what’s next
Carlos Ghosn has been arrested. His fate is now in the hands of Japanese prosecutors and the directors of three of the world’s top car companies.
Ghosn — the chairman of Nissan, Renault and Mitsubishi Motors — was detained Monday by Japanese authorities after an internal investigation at Nissan revealed “significant acts of misconduct.”
It was a stunning turn for one of the biggest names in the global auto industry who is credited with turning around the businesses at both Nissan and Renault. Shares in the companies plunged on the news.
More details are expected to emerge in the coming days and weeks about Ghosn’s alleged wrongdoing. Nissan said it includes significantly under-reporting his compensation and misusing company assets. Ghosn is yet to respond to the allegations.
His arrest has unleashed a corporate crisis that spans continents. He’s the linchpin of a powerful alliance between Nissan (NSANY), Renault (RNSDF) and Mitsubishi (MMTOF), which together make one of every nine cars sold around the world.
Carlos Ghosn, KBE (/ɡoʊn/;[1] born March 9, 1954) is a Lebanese–Brazilian–French[2] businessman, who has served as the chairman and CEO of France-based Renault, chairman and 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.[3][4][5] 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,[6] having previously… Read more »
戈恩的父亲是黎巴嫩商人，母亲是法国人，1954年3月9日出生于巴西。1972年，他进入法国国立高等综合理工学院学习工程学，后考入法国国立巴黎高等矿物学院研究生院继续深造，均以优异成绩毕业。
1978年，戈恩加入米其林集团公司，1989年任米其林北美分部CEO。1996年，出任雷诺汽车公司副总裁。
戈恩接手日产时，正值外界所谓的日本“失去的20年”。当时日产汽车面临连年的亏损，经营困难。从1991年到1999年，日产汽车公司连续7年亏损，背负债务高达21000亿日元，市场份额由6.6%下降到不足5%，公司濒临破产。
不少汽车工业巨头都在考虑对日产进行竞标，但日产的巨额亏损、庞大的债务以及几乎被认定为积重难返的各种大企业弊病让强如福特、戴姆勒-克莱斯勒等公司都“知难而退”。
就在日产快要撑不下去时，万里之外的法国人却伸出了橄榄枝。1996年，日产与雷诺达成合作协议，而戈恩在谈判过程中起到了关键作用。那一年，戈恩只有45岁，事业如日中天。
在当时，日产的种种麻烦导致几乎没人看好这宗交易，甚至有观察家评论说：雷诺拯救日产的想法就如同依靠法国的公务员来复兴日本经济一样。
1999年3月27日，雷诺-日产战略联盟正式签署开始，到2002年3月28日雷诺-日产联盟战略性管理公司成立，在戈恩的主导下，雷诺和日产这对兄弟开始勒紧腰带过苦日子。
2017年，雷诺-日产-三菱联盟的轻型车总销量达到1061万辆，击败大众成为全球最大的轻型汽车制造商。其中，雷诺汽车的销量为376万辆，三菱汽车的销量为103万辆，日产汽车的销量达到582万辆。
同床异梦的雷诺和日产
网络上曾经有人调侃说：历来的共同奋斗者最终逃不过“四同”的结局：同舟共济——同床异梦——同室操戈——同归于尽。
在同舟共济度过难关后，雷诺与日产这对曾经的“好兄弟”，也因为进一步的融合发展而产生了分歧。
在入股日产之初，雷诺并没有要兼并日产的想法。
Carlos Slim:
Slim was born on January 28, 1940, in Mexico City,[10] to Julián Slim Haddad (born Khalil Salim Haddad Aglamaz) and Linda Helú Atta, both Maronite Catholics from Lebanon.