When you start thinking about leaving, choose your moment carefully. Go out while you’re still on top, not when you’re no longer in control of events. Carlos Ghosn More Quotes by Carlos Ghosn More Quotes From Carlos Ghosn At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the only one I could afford! Carlos Ghosn usedagebirthday India is definitely one of the markets where we can expect growth and a potential to do well. Carlos Ghosn wellsindiagrowth China will be the answer to Japan's problems. Carlos Ghosn japanproblemanswers I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example. I want to make sure there is no discrepancy between what we say and what we do. If you preach accountability and then promote somebody with bad results, it doesn't work. I personally believe the best training is management by example. Don't believe what I say. Believe what I do. Carlos Ghosn leadershipbelievethinking Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation. Carlos Ghosn urbancarimportant Synergies are not only about cost reduction. Synergies can be access to markets, exchange of products, avoiding overlaps, exchange of best practices. Carlos Ghosn best-practicesreductioncost I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences. Carlos Ghosn shareholdersnot-happyifs 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 europeorderthinking Cars have a large engine in the front and you have a gearbox, which is cumbersome. Electric cars don't have this problem. The motor is much smaller, the battery is below you. This will allow you to play with different shapes. Carlos Ghosn batteriescarplay I approve designs not because I think I am more gifted or somebody who can see ahead three or four years from now, but just to make sure that the design is a logical, rational decision, taken after analyzing pros and cons. Carlos Ghosn takenyearsthinking 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 japanmotivationworry Every single time you make a merger, somebody is losing his identity. And saying something different is just rubbish. Carlos Ghosn mergersdifferentidentity Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one. Carlos Ghosn cardesignimportant 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 decisionpositivepeople I mean, when you're a pioneer and you are at the forefront of an offensive, you're going to be the most optimistic person. Carlos Ghosn pioneersoptimisticmean People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else. Carlos Ghosn longpeopleideas We are facing extreme volatility. Carlos Ghosn volatilityextremes 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 abnormalcriticismlittles Being in a multicultural environment in childhood is going to give you intuition, reflexes and instincts. You may acquire basic responsiveness later on, but it's never going to be as spontaneous as when you have been bathing in this environment during childhood. Carlos Ghosn childhoodintuitiongiving We are not making a capital investment into GM as the first element or condition. Carlos Ghosn investmentelementsfirsts
