You can’t make this up. The saga of fugitive Carlos Ghosn has just taken another turn: the same day that Nissan’s former CEO gave the impression in public in Beirut for the first time since his January press convention to unveil a new business initiative for Lebanon in crisis, a Nissan worker testified in Tokyo that he had helped former Nissan and Deffinishant executive Greg Kelly uncover tactics to pay Ghosn without fully revealing his Compensation. Near Ghosn, Kelly was arrested at the same time as his boss in late 2018.
However, at first glance, those two occasions seem unrelated, but when we reach out to Ghosn, the guy who figured out a way to thwart Japanese security measures and flee the country via personal jet, nothing is certain. . In the short or long term we will be told precisely why the former executive director of the Renault-Nissan Alliance will reveal his new university and corporate program in Lebanon on the same day that the star witness for the prosecution, Toshiaki Onuma, made the impression before the District of Tokyo Court. to testify against Greg Kelly, who he claims helped locate tactics to gain Ghosn’s advantage with an undisclosed multi-million dollar refund. If Kelly is found guilty, he could spend 15 years on a crime or face a $ 750,000 fine.
In an effort to avoid any reference to occasions when he takes positions in Japan, the former Franco-Lebanese executive revealed a plan to create a business school at Kaslik Holy Spirit University, a personal university north of Beirut. “I’m not interested in politics,” however, I will devote time and effort to helping Lebanon at this difficult time,” he said.
Known for rebuilding Nissan and Renault before being arrested for currency irregularities, Ghosn plans to create systems to train senior executives, supply-generating education, and start-ups drive task expansion in a mistake-soaked country, mismanagement, and corruption.
“This new initiative aims to create jobs, jobs and marketers to allow society to play in rebuilding the country,” he added, referring to a devastating explosion that destroyed much of Beirut on August 4.
Ghosn approached through the university in January and asked him to create systems to rebuild society. Based on his nearly 20 years at Nissan’s helm, the executive program would aim to change troubled corporations and, as he said, “make you valuable. “
Ghosn also said several foreign executives had agreed to give bonus courses, adding Jaguar Land Rover CEO Thierry Bolloré, former Goldman Sachs vice president Ken Curtis and venture capitalist Raymond Debbane.
Nissan’s former chief said he painted with useK, rather than with larger Lebanese universities, because he liked the concept of running with a university that opened its doors to a wider student base, not just wealthy families.
“I will help rebuild the Lebanese economy by solving problems,” Ghosn repeated. One user he will not be attending is defendant Greg Kelly in Tokyo, who appears to be beyond any help.
During a 30-year career, I’ve written about automotive, innovation, games, luxury lifestyles and gastronomy. Based in Tokyo since 1988, it was at the forefront
For over 30 years, I have written about cars, innovation, games, luxury lifestyles, and food. Based in Tokyo since 1988, it was in the front row to tell stories about Japan’s Golden Year of 1989 when local automakers introduced legends like the Mazda MX-5, the Nissan Skyline GT-R, and the Subaru Legacy, the Toyota. MR2, Nissan 300ZX, Mazda. RX-7, then opened the first Lexus and Infiniti showrooms in the US I hosted a global automotive culture TV exhibition called “ Samurai Wheels ” in Japan, won a Japanese speech festival, co- I drove a Lexus V8 in the 24 Hour Nurburgring Race with Gran Turismo author Kazunori Yamauchi, finished fourth in a team I created with ex-F1 powerhouse Ukyo Katayama to co-driver of an MX-5 car in the 4 year annual race. hours of Mazda, drove a first-generation Porsche 911 on The Hill at Goodwood, drove Jeremy Clarkson’s lead car on his “GT-R vs Bullet Train” through Japan for Top Gear, co-starred in a Japanese TV series about WWII World Cup featuring a Russian baseball pitcher, he published an e-book in Japanese on automotive culture and sang in a men’s choir at the Vatican (but not before the Pope). I’ve also scribbled in all Japanese for publications like Car and Driver, Edmunds, Top Gear, Autoautomobile, Auto Express, Quattroruote, The Sydney Morning Herald, Herald Sun, The Japan Times, GQ Japan, Japan Airlines inflight magazine, and Forbes Japan. I am co-chair of the World Car Awards and have been voted Japanese Car of the Year and International Engine of the Year.