Quotes By Carlos Ghosn
What I worry about is not just Nissan, but Japanese manufacturers losing motivation to maintain production in Japan. The high yen is definitely a headwind.
Carlos Ghosn
I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
Carlos Ghosn
When a company is facing a problem, it always takes a stance and takes a decision, but at the same time it wants to make sure of what it can learn from it, what enhancements it can make.
Carlos Ghosn
In a difficult and uncertain environment, Renault remains on track to meet its 2012 objective.
Carlos Ghosn
You'll never convince me there is a hopeless situation or there is any finality in any success or any failure.
Carlos Ghosn
The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary.
Carlos Ghosn
You go to a plant not only to pat the people on the back, but to tell them about the opportunities they have to do a better job. Quality is one of the opportunities they have to do a better job.
Carlos Ghosn
Talking about stepping down in five years is frankly not a topic of particular actuality now.
Carlos Ghosn
We're not leaving; we are just making sure we're not hurt too much by the level of the yen. We are stunned by the yen at 78 or 79 to the dollar, which is a historical high. The country's suffering. My duty is first to make sure Nissan gets unscathed through the turbulence to protect the company, without forgetting the fact we're a Japanese company.
Carlos Ghosn
Every single time you make a merger, somebody is losing his identity. And saying something different is just rubbish.
Carlos Ghosn
If guys try to make a bigger company for the sake of size, they don't create value in most cases.
Carlos Ghosn
Is Europe going to be breaking? I don't think so. I think the euro will stay. I think at the end of the day Europeans will find the solutions in order to hold Europe together.
Carlos Ghosn
We have some worse scenarios for which we need to prepare as companies. For the moment, we're planning for the worst, and the worst is now, and the car market is down more than 15 percent in France. There is so much uncertainty.
Carlos Ghosn
Commitment. This is my favorite word because in some way, people who are committed are always much more interesting and much more reliable, and much more, I would say, deep than people who are not.
Carlos Ghosn
When your results are good, you are obviously going to have a lot of press. And when you start to falter a little bit, you are going to have some criticism, and there is nothing abnormal in that.
Carlos Ghosn
You have to listen to the people who have a negative opinion as well as those who have positive opinion. Just to make sure that you are blending all these opinions in your mind before a decision is made.
Carlos Ghosn
When you're C.E.O., you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company. The second is that you need to feel the motivation to do the job. So, as long as both are reunited, you continue to do the job. And today, they are reunited.
Carlos Ghosn