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The unprecedented rise and catastrophic fall of one of the world's
most feared and admired business executives-Carlos Ghosn-a
remarkable story of innovation, hubris, alleged crimes, and daring
international escape, as chronicled by two Wall Street Journal
reporters. Carlos Ghosn always wanted more. Born in the Amazon,
raised by a well-off-if scandalized-family in Beirut, and educated
in Paris, Ghosn rose to prominence at Michelin in the United
States, Renault in France, and Nissan in Japan. Along the way he
earned monikers of Le Cost Killer, for his incisive business savvy,
and Mr. 7-Eleven, for the hours he devoted to his work. Initially
Ghosn thrived, becoming a poster boy for globalization and
multinational corporations. Employees believed him to be among the
greatest business minds of his generation, and the press hailed him
a financial genius. The trouble started when Ghosn began to believe
them. His power rose in tandem with an increasing certainty that he
was underpaid and undervalued at his multiple posts. Executives
grew unhappy with Ghosn's talk of a merger with Renault, calling
his loyalty to Nissan into question. Resentments brewed, enough so
that a group of Nissan executives set out to uncover the truth
about the man who many throughout Nissan and Japan perceived as a
savior. Eventually, Ghosn was accused of financial misconduct and
arrested for a bevy of alleged crimes-all of which he vehemently
denied. Yet even as he insisted his financial transactions were
above board, Ghosn was planning an astounding escape, one that
would either smuggle him out of Tokyo and back to his ancestral
homeland of Lebanon; or land him in a Japanese prison for life.
Drawing from intensive investigative reporting, and including
never-before-seen insider details from key players in Ghosn's life
and the investigations into him, Nick Kostov and Sean McLain piece
together this fallen icon's life and actions across the globe.
Their sensational globetrotting adventure reveals the complexity of
a man who watched for decades as contemporaries with far less
talent amassed far greater wealth, and who took drastic measures to
ensure he would finally get his due.
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