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Example of Democratic Leadership: Carlos Ghosn

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3.1 Example of Democratic Leadership: Carlos Ghosn

Carlos Ghosn was born in Porto Velho, Brazil, on March 9, 1954. His father, Jorge, worked for an airline and had a job involving lots of travel, something that would later seem very familiar to Ghosn, who has logged up to 150,000 travel miles in a single year. Ghosn's parents had immigrates from Lebanon, and when Carlos was six he and his mother returned to live there. Ghosn learned to speak four languages fluently, and he later began working on several others, including Japanese. Ghosn earned two engineering degrees in Paris, the first from the Ecole Polytechnique in 1974 (a school that spawned an unusually large number of innovative European auto engineers) and the second from the Ecole des Mines de Paris in 1978. (Ghosn, 2003)

Career

Achievement and Contribution

Michelin (1978-1996)

  • Europe’s larger tire maker.
  • Became Plant Manager in Le Puy-en-Velay, France
  • Head of Research and Development for Michelin (1984)
  • Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Michelin’s South American operations. (1985)
  • The division returned profitability in two years.
  • Appointed as President and COO of Michelin’s North America (1989)
  • CEO of Michelin North America (1990)

Post-Privatization Renault (1996-1999)

  • Ghosn became executive vice president in charge of purchasing, advanced research, engineering and development, powertrain operations, and manufacturing at Renault (1996)
  • Renault successfully contributed to profitability of the company (1997)

Nissan and the Renault-Nissan Alliance (1999-2017)

  • Chief Operating Officer (COO) in Nissan (1999)
  • President of Nissan (2000)
  • Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nissan (2001)
  • Ghosn’s “Nissan Revival Plan” (1999)
  • Nissan’s consolidated net profit after tax climbed to $2.7 billion for fiscal year 2000.
  • Nissan had returned to profitability, and within three years it was one of the industry's most profitable auto makers, with operating margins consistently above 9% (2002)
  • “Nissan 180” Plan (2002)
  • Nissan achieving an operating margin of at least 8% and reducing its net automotive debt to zero. (2005)
  • Ghosn became the world's first person to run two companies on the Fortune Global 500 simultaneously. (2005)

Bibliography

Ghosn, C. (2003). Carlos Ghosn Biography. Retrieved April 2, 2019, from Encyclopedia of World Biography: https://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-Fl-Ka/Ghosn-Carlos.html

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