Carlos Ghosn
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"Carlos Ghosn", KBE is a France/French-Lebanese people/Lebanese-Lebanese Brazilian/Brazilian businessman born in Porto Velho, Brazil, who is currently the Chairman and Chief executive officer/CEO of Paris-based Renault, Chairman and CEO of Japan-based Nissan Motors/Nissan, and Chairman of Russian automobile manufacturer AvtoVAZ. Ghosn is also Chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, the strategic partnership overseeing Nissan and Renault through a unique cross-shareholding agreement. The Alliance, which includes AvtoVAZ, has held approximately 10% of the global market share from 2010 through to 2014, and as of 2014 is one of the top four automobile groups worldwide.

After his radical restructuring of Renault that returned that company to profitability in the late 1990s Ghosn became known as "Le Cost Killer". In the early 2000s, for orchestrating one of the auto industry's most aggressive downsizing campaigns and spearheading the turnaround of Nissan from its near bankruptcy in 1999, he earned the nickname "Mr. Fix It".

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We are the car manufacturer who grew the most, not only in growth rate but in absolute numbers, which was very rewarding ... since we were not on the front line of the incentive game.

In the car industry, superior design is critical. Product design defines the first impression the customer has about our products. With one look the customer makes their decision about their appeal. Of course, an attractive design is not enough to make a product a success, but it is necessary.

The only breakthrough technology is fuel cell because this is the one that guarantees you are out of oil dependency.

What we are foreseeing is the situation of the market is not going to be fundamentally different than in 2004.

Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.

We are not particularly optimistic about the U.S. market in the next six months and next year.

We don't know where the markets are going, ... We have to observe what's going down, see the trends, look at every vibration on the market, prepare the technology and jump when consumers start to think one way or the other.

We want to offer all kinds of technology. I'm trying to tell the team, the Nissan team, don't make the choice for the consumer. Let them choose between the palette of technologies we can offer.

I am very pleased to announce that the revival process of Nissan is completed.