Carlos Ghosn: the rise and fall of a superstar CEO | FT Film

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[vandalSoul]

Shouldn't the fact that Ghosn was held in custody without a lawyer be a concern? Every expat manager now would think twice about working in Japan.

[wsawma]

It is clear the amount of hatred that this former director of Renault speaks about Ghosn, this reflects his failure to run the company, so the Renault Board of Trustees decided to choose Ghosn as his replacement, which created a complex for him, how can one person be a successful manager for several companies at the same time, and that It was not successful, why did the company's Board of Trustees renew the contract in 2018 for four new years. This report is biased to undermine Ghosn's credibility. The homes discussed in the report are the Nissan Board of Directors approved his purchase of Ghosn as part of the contract. He was a successful manager and the proof is that Renault and Nissan lost billions of dollars after his departure.

[TheSlizzer]

Japan has a 99% conviction rate for the regular man on the street. Nissan has had other employees tailed and threatened before thanks to their ties to the government. They would have done him over 100%

[MarttiSuomivuori]

Try to make it about the personality of Carlos Ghosn instead of the power struggle between Renault (or the French state) and the family magnates of Japan. There is far too little said about the human rights issues of the Japanese justice system.
I hate this style of journalism, aimed at short-cycle consumers.

[nsp]

The fact that the video allocates all of 20 seconds (from around 13:00 to 13:20 ) to the crushing violation of Ghosn's civil rights inflicted by the Japanese police and prosecutors is easily understood when we remember that the Financial Times is owned by the Nikkei, the biggest business newspaper in Japan.

The guy may be guilty; he may even be the evil overlord that this video wants to make him look like. But Japan should respect the civil rights of detainees and the presumption of innocence, which it does not. 108 days of detention incommunicado, no lawyer, no visits, under constant interrogation. What's the difference between Japan and North Korea or China?

[slik]

So the Japanese paid FT to run a biased report on Ghosn.

[spreckrosekrans]

I have read and watched much about this story. I'm pretty much on Ghosn's side and think he's being railroaded.

[WilfredGithuka]

FT is owned by Nikkei, a Japanese company. Hence this biased documentary

[jadengrant]

I am glad he escaped. After all these years no one has been able to conclusively state what his crimes are.

[heyziz]

The guy wasn't a saint, but this documentary seems to lack alot of nuance. Very sad to see this shoddy work from FT

[Mutzak]

You can sense the jealousy of the reporter who says no one can be a CEO of two companies. Get a grip, man. What do you know about being a CEO?

[BookofProverbs]

Seeing this FT bias only undermines their credibility

[samerghelou]

You need to put his extravagance into context. How do you think CEOs live? Of course they have their own private jets... It is not the player it is the game.

[muhali]

"People will start losing interest." No one has lost interest in Mr. Ghosn. People have lost interest in Nissan. This video didn't even touch on Saikawa resigning, the veracity of the financial misconduct allegations, or really any evidence that he wasn't managing the companies well. This just seems to be more anecdotes and character assassination.

[muhali]

Mr Ghosn was followed by Nissan employees when under house arrest even though that is illegal in Japan. When his lawyers brought it to the judges attention they just ignored it. When Ghosn would call the media from house arrest the Nissan employees would magically disappear (because the phones were tapped - which is illegal in Japan). The proves that the people tapping the phones (Japanese justice authority) and Nissan were working together against Mr Ghosn in a way that was ILLEGAL. They were not playing by their own rules that they were expecting Mr Ghosn to follow. Why should he play by the rules when they aren’t? He shouldn’t.

[FensouNMiles]

I read the comments and it's clear: this is doc is biased. You clearly see envious executives at play. Hear how Mr Pélata says how Ghosn "betrayed" Nissan & Renault. Really? The guy brought out Nissan from the dust and its betrayal. 2 mins off the phone is something to be ashamed of? When has getting bigger, greater and better being a problem? A man falls and those who were once his friends/colleagues run out to reveal how shameful he was, how it was a matter of ego in his vision of pulling 3 mega multinationals together. What I see is jealousy against his remarkable genius. This is what is shameful!

[VictorOko]

"You can't be the CEO of two companies"
Elon Musk: 👀

[khelifimohamedzakaria]

I find it quite irritating that a 20-30 years old brat girl who just got out of university is mocking this men wither he is or not innocent it doesn't change the fact that he did soo much in his career

[rohp]

He would never get a fair trial in Japan. Nobody does.

[zaksadek]

A very biased report obviously. It's shameful some of his people whom he thought were friends turned out to be back stabbers.