Who is nissan ceo. On february 22 2017 ghosn stepped down as ceo of nissan. When he assumed the ceo roles at both renault and nissan ghosn became the worlds first person to run two companies on the fortune global 500 simultaneously. Enlarge carlos ghosn former chairman of nissan and head of the renault nissan mitsubishi alliance fled house arrest in japan for lebanon at the end of december 2019.
A proposed takeover of renault by fiat chrysler collapsed in june after. Ghosn would also stay on as. Nissan ceo hiroto saikawa resigned after admitting that he and other executives were overpaid as part of a stock plan.
Only once before has a leader of nissan motor co. It named chief operating officer yasuhiro yamauchi as acting ceo while nissan searches for a successor. He would still serve as chairman of the company but his protege hiroto saikawa would take over as ceo.