FG Ghosn to step aside at Nissan

[Captain Japan]

Nissan Names Executive to No. 2 Job
New York Times (registration needed)

TOKYO, Feb. 21 - Nissan Motor named a longtime company executive to the No. 2 position on Monday as its chief executive, Carlos Ghosn, prepared to take on the task of leading two major automakers at once.

Nissan named Toshiyuki Shiga, 51, chief operating officer starting in April, a month before Mr. Ghosn is to begin the daunting job of running one of the largest carmakers in Japan while also leading one of the largest in Europe, the French carmaker Renault....the rest...

[Mulboyne]

Detroit News: Nissan CEO: The making of a superstar
...In a January poll, Japanese women picked the 50-year-old father of four as the most desirable husband, after a baseball player. Ghosn is saving it to show grandchildren someday. "If they tell you you're ugly and unpleasant, you tell them, 'I'm sorry, but this survey shows that a lot of people would have liked to spend a lot of time with you, some of them all their lives,'" he said in an interview here...

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FG Thread: BW profiles Ghosn and Nissan