In view of the above questions, the professor answered them one by one?
Who is Ghosn? ?
Carlos ghosn, French, Lebanese, 1954 was born in Brazil on March 9th. 196 became the vice president of Renault Automobile Company, 199 became the CEO of Nissan Automobile Company in June, the following year became the president of Nissan Co., Ltd., and was promoted to CEO in June 20001year.
From 199 1 to 1999, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. suffered losses for seven consecutive years, with debts as high as 2 1000 billion yen, and its market share dropped from 6.6% to less than 5%, and the company was on the verge of bankruptcy. 1On May 28th, 1999, Renault bought 36.8% shares of Nissan at a price of 400 yen per share for US$ 4.86 billion. In addition, Renault also acquired five financial subsidiaries of Nissan in Europe for $305 million, and Renault * * * completed the acquisition of Nissan for $5.2 billion.
What did Ghosn do? ?
After the acquisition of Nissan, Ghosn also entered Nissan's board of directors as the chief operating officer. Previously, he saved four companies in Brazil, the United States, France and Japan. After entering Nissan, he closed five factories, laid off 2 1 0,000 people in three years, cut sales and management costs by 20%, and reduced the number of parts suppliers of 1 0,300 to about 600. Tough measures made Ghosn a "cost killer", which also helped Nissan turn losses into profits only two years later, and was compiled into MBA research cases by famous universities such as Harvard.
Based on the bankruptcy of Nissan in that year, from the revival to the development, and then to the auto show of the automobile enterprise alliance, every plot development revolves around Ghosn alone. Ghosn revived Nissan, but in the whole process, no one actually saw the magical means, or Ghosn was too mysterious. It is said that when Ghosn responded to the "cost killer", Ghosn realized that controlling and reducing costs was not the only means, but Nissan needed to control costs at that time.
Ghosn was arrested?
Ghosn was arrested by Japanese police at Tokyo airport on1October 201819. On March 5, 20 19, Ghosn was released on bail for the first time after paying bail of 10 billion. 1 month later, Ghosn was arrested again on April 4 on suspicion of illegal misappropriation of funds. Ghosn was released again on April 25th after paying 500 million yen bail.
Nishikawa Hirohito
1 19 10/9, at the press conference held at Nissan headquarters, Hiroshi Nishikawa listed Ghosn's three major crimes:
One: In the past five years, Ghosn received 9.9 billion yen from Nissan Motor Company, but he instructed his subordinates to cheat. In the company's financial statements, he only wrote 4.9 billion yen, concealing the income of 5 billion yen.
Second, Ghosn engaged in personal dictatorship and established Nissan Motor Company as "Ghosn Kingdom", denying and obliterating Nissan's tradition and dignity.
Third: Ghosn used public funds for private investment.
How did Ghosn escape from Japan? ?
According to the news, Ghosn invited the band to celebrate at home that night, then hid in the instrument box of one of the bands and left the residence. Then I went to Kansai Airport in Japan and took a private jet to Istanbul, Turkey.
Transit turkey
According to Freedom.com, the plane carrying Ghosn arrived at Istanbul Ataturk Airport at 5: 30 on February 30th, 2065438. According to the flight data at that time, Ghosn used two different planes to fly to Istanbul and then went to Lebanon.
Arrive in Lebanon
Ghosn claimed to be in Lebanon 20 19 12 3 1. However, there is no extradition agreement between Lebanon and Japan, so Japan cannot ask Lebanon to extradite Ghosn to Japan for trial. At this point, Ghosn's escape from Japan came to an end. Many details of online news are misinformed, and it is impossible to determine which ones are accurate. How did Ghosn carefully plan this series of escape plans? Is there anyone behind him to help him? We don't know these things, but what is certain is that Ghosn has fled Japan and is now in Lebanon.
What is the impact on Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance? ?
Because of Ghosn's scandal, he had a deep contradiction with the Japanese management headed by Hirohito Nishikawa before leaving the CEO. At that time, Ghosn led Renault to acquire a 36.8% stake in Nissan. Before the merger of Renault and Nissan, Renault held 43.4% of Nissan's shares. On the other hand, Nissan only holds 65,438+05% of Renault's shares, forming an unequal relationship. What is even more unacceptable for Nissan is that they cannot have the right to vote in Renault, and the largest shareholder behind Renault is the French government, so the actual right to speak in this alliance is in the hands of the French government.
In Nissan's view, Nissan can get out of the predicament of the year without Ghosn's ideas and the efforts of employees. Therefore, it is reasonable for Renault to use Nissan's technology extensively now, but Nissan, which has contributed the most sales and profits to the alliance, wants to get back the right to speak and let the company return to the Japanese.
Before Ghosn was arrested, Nissan's global performance began to show signs of decline, and after his arrest, there was a cliff-like decline. From July, 20 19 to September, 20 19, the company's global profit dropped by 70%. After taking over as CEO of Ghosn, Hirohito Nishikawa also resigned dramatically because of "unfair pay".
20 19, 1918 October, Uchida was elected as the new CEO of Nissan, Asvany Gupta, the chief operating officer of Mitsubishi Motors, was appointed as the chief operating officer of Nissan, and Guan Run was appointed as the deputy operating officer of Nissan. Even so, Nissan announced that the global operating profit will be reduced to 1.4% in the fiscal year ending March 3, 2020.
20 19 At the Tokyo Auto Show in June, Nissan announced that in FY 2022, the total fixed cost of Nissan will not be reduced, and the investment in R&D will increase by 10%, which will make the brand return to the development route of "Technology Nissan". In addition, the professor wants to say that although Nissan's global profits are no longer declining, Nissan China is developing actively. Whether in the fiscal year 20 18 or 20 19, the performance of Nissan China has been steadily increasing, and it seems that it has not been greatly disturbed. Sales of mainstream products such as Hacker, Sylphy and Qi Jun are still in the leading position at the same level.
What did Ghosn say at the press conference? ?
"I have no choice but to abscond."
On June 8, 2020, Ghosn answered some recent questions in Lebanon. During the whole press conference, Ghosn gave a "speech" for more than an hour, expounding his life after his arrest and the "unreasonable" allegations made by Japanese prosecutors. Then Ghosn had a media questioning session with the live media, and one sentence was particularly interesting: "I didn't evade the trial, I just evaded the unfair trial." It can be seen that in Ghosn's mind, he was only persecuted by the Japanese.
Ghosn said at the press conference that the Japanese prosecutor's accusation against him was groundless, but in order to make him "plead guilty", the Japanese prosecutor kept delaying the final trial time and constantly reviewing relevant documents to pressure Ghosn. In addition, Ghosn also provided some documentary evidence to the live media to prove that the Japanese prosecutors' allegations of concealing salaries and illegally using Nissan assets were actually "groundless". They had no choice but to flee Japan and said that they would continue to publish more evidence in the future.
Nissan framed Ghosn?
Ghosn claimed that Nissan was persecuting him. In order to eliminate the potential threat of Renault's annexation of Nissan, Nissan plotted for a long time to force Ghosn to step down. At the meeting, Ghosn claimed that the French government instructed him to merge Renault and Nissan, but in a subsequent interview, Ghosn changed his mind and said that he had never suggested the merger of Renault and Nissan. On the contrary, he always eliminated Nissan's idea of independence and weakened Renault's idea of annexing Nissan. Ghosn finally knew the truth.
At the same time, Ghosn also explained such things as: Versailles banquet, CEO reserve fund, income concealment, dictator's accusation and so on. Ghosn proved his innocence throughout the press conference, saying that the charges against him were "groundless" and there were enough evidence and witnesses to prove his innocence; At the same time, Ghosn accused the Japanese procuratorate and Nissan executives of creating this incident. Ghosn pointed out that these include Renzhi? Kawaguchi, Nissan's legal auditor Hidetoshi? Imazu and Nissan board member Masakazu? Akio Toyoda, three men, is the core figure who launched this "coup".
Ghosn incident is not a simple "fugitive" escape, it involves the fate and future development of three car companies in Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance. For the initial stage of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, it really needs a person with courage and ability like Ghosn to turn the tide and turn losses into profits; However, whether there are some incorrect decisions and irregular practices remains to be investigated. For Uchida, how to revive the Nissan brand in the next few years is the biggest problem, and Nissan still needs to make efforts on equity and other issues. Due to all kinds of negative information, the decline of sales volume and stock price is inevitable. The key depends on whether Nissan can turn the tide in the next fiscal year. Nissan China is one of Nissan's most important markets. How will Nissan China impress consumers with sincere products in the future? Can Ghosn's influence be swept away? We will wait and see.
This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.