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Carlos Ghosn

Nissan Motors President and Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn (C) announces the company's financial results of fiscal year 2012 at its headquarters in Yokohama, south of Tokyo on May 10, 2013. Nissan said its annual net profit came in nearly flat from a year earlier, a result that stood in stark contrast to rivals Toyota and Honda which have booked soaring profits.

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About Carlos Ghosn

Carlos Ghosn, KBE (Arabic: كارلوس غصن‎; born 9 March 1954) is a French-Brazilian-Lebanese businessman. He is the current CEO and President of Renault of France and Nissan of Japan. He is largely credited with turning around Nissan. As an outsider in charge of one of Japan's largest companies, Ghosn has been extremely successful. He was voted Man of the Year 2003 by Fortune magazine's Asian edition and is also on the board of Alcoa, Sony, and IBM. Ghosn became CEO of Renault, in 2005, succeeding Louis Schweitzer, while remaining CEO of Nissan as well.

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