E4: Ghosn in 60 Seconds (1/2)

Carlos Ghosn was the star automotive CEO of the 2000s. Having turned around two struggling automakers and leading them through the global financial crisis, Carlos Ghosn's skills and insights were the envy of boardrooms across the globe. But, in December 2019, this former star CEO became an international fugitive having escaped from house arrest in Japan and smuggled into Lebanon in an elaborate scheme straight out of a spy movie. Who is Carlos Ghosn? How did he end up being the only CEO to run two Fortune Global 500 companies at the same time, often flying a corporate jet between the US, France, Brazil, Lebanon, and Japan? And how did he go from jet-setting CEO to wanted international fugitive in a 5-year time period? In the first of a two-part episode, we discuss Carlos Ghosn's meteoric rise from competent tire executive to global automotive legend and the complex legacy he left behind at Renault, Nissan, and the Renault-Nissan (now Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi) Alliance. 

Plus, Jesse takes a listener question about Hybrids and explains the absence of Rental Car Roulette. 

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