Publication Type
Magazine Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
11-2021
Abstract
Was it politics, greed, or hubris that led to Carlos Ghosn's downfall? On December 29, 2019, disgraced auto titan Carlos Ghosn (rhymes with ‘tone’) made an audacious escape from house arrest in Tokyo, where he had been detained on financial impropriety charges. Of all the places imaginable, Ghosn hid in a huge case for musical instruments, which was then loaded onto an aeroplane as cargo. Dubbed as “one of the most brazen and well-orchestrated escape acts in recent history, involving a dizzying array of hotel meet-ups, bullet train travel, fake personas, and the chartering of a private jet”, it was a Hollywood caper in line with Ghosn’s cavalier personality and gilded lifestyle.
Keywords
Carlos Ghosn, automobile industry, leadership styles
Discipline
Leadership Studies | Organizational Behavior and Theory
Research Areas
Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources
Publication
Asian Management Insights
Volume
8
Issue
2
First Page
38
Last Page
43
ISSN
2315-4284
Publisher
Singapore Management University
Citation
REB, Jochen; VADERA, Abhijeet K.; and CHEAH, Sin Mei.
Carlos Ghosn: The rise and fall of an automobile legend. (2021). Asian Management Insights. 8, (2), 38-43.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6893
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