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The Japanese nationalism angle is fascinating. He joined the French Renault with Japanese Nissan and Mitsubishi. He claims that fears that he was attempting to
by ghostcluster 7y ago
The Japanese nationalism angle is fascinating. He joined the French Renault with Japanese Nissan and Mitsubishi. He claims that fears that he was attempting to merge the companies further prompted the corruption charges in Japan.
When I first read about this story, I thought it was an open and shut case that Ghosn was guilty. But now I'd like to hear the full story behind the initial accusations.
- mytailorisrich 7y agoIt's not the first time this angle is mentioned or that foreign executives in Japan have similar problems (though not as big but he was the highest profile one as well). See this from 2012 (with Ghosn being mentioned as the "most successful foreign CEO at a Japanese company". Well...) : https://www.ft.com/content/fb6974b0-9066-11e1-8cdc-00144feab49a https://www.ft.com/content/fb6974b0-9066-11e1-8cdc-00144feab...
- lkramer 7y agoIt does seem to be very hard to be a foreign CEO in Japan, especially if you're a bit flamboyant and are used to be treated as a superstar. That said, Ghosn has been accused of very similar things elsewhere: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-sec-nissan/nissan-ghosn-settle-sec-claims-over-undisclosed-compensation-idUSKBN1W81NY https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-sec-nissan/nissan-gho... The real difference seems to be that he wasn't able to bribe his way out...