Five years ago, Carlos Ghosn He starred in a film screens: hidden in a box of musical equipment, one of the greatest executives in automotive history escaped home arrest in Japan on the eve of his trial after a series of accusations of financial crimes.
Today he lives close to Beirutthe capital of Lebanon, and invests in wineries and is also a teacher of courses aimed at the corporate world. The information is from the newspaper The Wall Street Journal.
As a true script of Hollywoodthe story was attended by unusual characters, such as one, and the escape from Japanese and French authorities, who while at the head of the brands Nissan e Renault.
Born in Brazil, Ghosn, currently 71, lives in the Lebanon – Country that does not extradite its citizens. In addition to Brazilian and Lebanese nationalities, the former CEO also has a French passport.
In an interview with WSJthe former CEO denies the accusations and signals that it was the target of a plot of Nissan employees as he sought ways to keep the automaker’s alliance with Renault.
“I feel good because people consider I’m a victim,” he told the US newspaper.
According to the report, Ghosn lives in a $ 20 million pink mansion – which Nissan claims to be from the company, and sometimes it walks on its 36 -meter yacht, which the Asian automaker also claims to be owner.
Ghons taught without receiving salary for almost five years in programs at the University of Espírito Santo de Kaslik, north of Beirut, shows the report of the US newspaper.
For one of his teaching programs, called “Business and Performance Strategies with Carlos Ghosn,” the former executive called former partners to participate, such as Daimler’s Dieter Zetsche (Mercedes-Benz owner), and Thierry Bolloré, former executive president of Renault and Jaguar Land Rover.
The program had an initial cost of $ 10,000 for Lebanese students and $ 20,000 for foreigners, with income reversed to the university.
There are also more affordable options, such as a three -day program aimed at mid -level managers.
Commenting on the current global scenario, Ghosn was optimistic. For him, Donald Trump’s recent tariff policy is an attempted trade balance correction between the US and other countries, especially China.
The movement, however, does not represent the end of globalization, he told the WSJ.
“To think today that this is the end of globalization, frankly, it is a joke.”
Before the arrest, he was recognized with one of the most brilliant in the automotive sector, for replacing the Renault On the growth route, besides sewing an alliance between the French company and the Japanese Nissan in 1999.
