Carlos Ghosn

Carlos Ghosn is the former chairman and chief executive of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, the collaborative Franco-Japanese partnership between Groupe Renault, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. He also served as chairman and chief executive at Renault (2005-19) and chairman at Nissan and Mitsubishi (until 2018). After improving the operations of French tire maker Michelin in Brazil, Ghosn moved to Greenville, South Carolina where he oversaw the merger between Michelin North America and Uniroyal-Goodrich. He is best known for orchestrating the remarkable turnaround of Nissan from near bankruptcy in 1999. Ghosn later became the auto industry's longest-serving chief executive and the first to run two Fortune Global 500 companies at the same time. Born in Brazil, he was educated in Lebanon and France, graduating with engineering degrees from the École Polytechnique (1974) and the Paris School of Mines (1978). He now lives in Lebanon.