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

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.

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.

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%

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

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.

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?

"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.

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.

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

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!

Seeing this FT bias only undermines their credibility

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

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?

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

Renault still controls Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors. Japanese coup against Carlos Ghosn is wasted.

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

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

Free Man. We really love him.

At 11:00 when they speak about the Versailles, they never mention that the the treasury of the (or just another sector within the administration) had reached out to Carlos G. & asked him if he would be willing to rent out The Palace of Versailles so they could raise money. Tbh it was a baller move

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.

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

His escape needs to be made into a movie

If this had an intro it would have said 'UNIVERSAL NISSAN PICTURES' Produced and directed by Sakawa

"Carlos broke down the network of close suppliers that are tied through cross shareholdings" - Damn ryt, its like having a union in your factory, they have that bargaining power to disrupt your operations and your costs are pretty much at their mercy

I smell Bias, great vid still. good thing is people are getting to know cash/fiat is pretty much stone age at this point, lets hope he owns some stocks lmao

Bloomberg made a more fair judgement of this tragedy. Carlos won cause he knew better than any of us the Japanese corporate world and the justice system and he did what was supposed to do due the circumstances. What it is incredible and says a lot is how the companies have been underperforming in his absence. Something is not adding up in this report.

This is one of the most bizarre reports I've ever seen in my life. Its like it was sponsored by Nissan itself.

Carlos Ghosn has escaped the gross and cumbersome Japanese justice system in a cunning way. Ofcourse, this is not to defend the accusations against him but he made a daring run which befits a James Bond film..

I don't see how you can label this the fall of Ghosn. It is the ultimate ttiumph. Did superbly at his job and magnificently in his escape.

Financial times: You can't be a CEO of two companies at once Elon musk : hahahahahahahaha

Carlos Ghosn: simply a legend no matter what u present FT

Which multinational CEO pays for their own flights, vacations and houses? Granted the man might have done some foul things but making it seem like the JAPANESE government is legit is laughable.

Well he could run for President in Labenon.

Word is Japanese agents are still watching Ghosn in his house in Japan lol

This former Renault executive is so butt-hurt, he should seek help.

He’s not stuck in lebanon. That’s where he’s always wanted to spend his retirement. He won fair and square.

why all foreign CEO’s end up having a problem in the end in Japan ?……..hmmm few names sprung to mind……(shhh in the past Olympus, SoftBank, etc…) (all foreign 👨‍💼 CEO hitherto seem to have had an issue)……. Intriguing 🤨!

Financial Times becoming a real commi newspaper. Oh lordy. And apparently it’s not Gone, it’s gohsen

He will re-emerge as the saviour of Lebanon. Mark my words.

This man is a pure genius. They railroaded him. They wanted him out!

In Arabic we say “When the bull stumbles, knives are drawn.” That’s exactly what happened to him, everyone wants to attack him now.

Very poor propaganda reporting from a group under nippon control… FT is the laughing stock of the financial circles!

Mr. Ghosin is the best CEO of all times, period.

Japan would have barbecued him took all his money and jailed him. Him leaving however the means, a box ect; was the smartest thing he did at that piont

"You can't be the CEO of two companies at once" Elon Musk: hold my companies

Patrik pelata seems so bitter and salty: directly saying that Ghosn had a "reputation of partying a lot", so what if he works hard and parties harder?? and that he didn't fit in the French establishment that it bothered him, while the other man was saying that he didn't want to be recognised as one nation man, so why would it bother him... it's obvious defaming. And he saved a company from failing and this is how you repay him? Ungrateful and jealous people around him?? Then you were saying that he inspired people and at the same time that he is dictatorial and feared, so which one is it?? Again obvious defaming...and if it's about corruption, then most of the CEOs and politicians and others around the world should be taken down and sued and put in prison, Or is it when you like it you don't and when you don't like it you do? And we all know about Japanese jurisdiction system. This report shows bias and double standards. Shame on you!!

Interviewee: You can't be CEO of 2 companies at the same time. Elon Musk: Hold my beer!

Yikes! This is such a shoddy biased video. Not the level of quality I've come to expect from FT. You've mentioned how he was illegally held and questioned for months without a lawyer in Japan, yet you don't see that as evidence he wouldn't get a fair trial? Japan's justice system is notorious for its extremely high conviction rate and confessions under duress. People are often held indefinitely without access to lawyers or even basic facilities until they are broken down and forced to issue false confessions. It is guaranteed from the way they handled his case, that he would be convicted and made an example of, even without evidence. Plus, every action of his and his expenses were managed and accounted for by the companies. If there was funny business going on with Nissan's money, the CFO, auditors, accountants, and others were all complicit and enablers. It's impossible that he could pull all this off on his own.

9:18 is wrong. Ghosn actually left the jet accordingly and was arrested in the main airport building.

99% conviction rate for nationals. He did the right thing to escape

I think too much is being said on him being a superstar. Actually ,the media decides to make some superstars or failures. In reality , in a manufacturing company ,only the team can win , there can be no superstar. Everybody right from the car designers to the factory technicians , they are the real superstars,

Great Guy! Obviously he should escape because he is escaping injustice!

Obviously from the picture you can tell what side the FT has chosen :-)

The french guy is so jealous. And this report pictures him like he was a failure. Make no mistake he brought success to both the french and japanese companies. But he was a "gaigin".

I never knew FT had double standards, all this because of jealousy

Couldn’t finish watching this. Not a fan of some of these smug correspondents, would have liked a non biased view. His “super stardom” was well earned if you ask me.

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

Power corrupts as you start to have success and are getting praise from admirers, you start to believe, that you have done it all on your own. You lose the sense for reality. That is the sad side of Carlos Ghosn story. Before Carlos Ghosn took over several Japanese managements had tried a turnaround and failed. Nissan wanted Mercedes as a partner, but Mercedes refused. They were building a partnership with Mitsubishi and failed. Renault was kind of a last resort for Nissan. Having myself been an expat working for US companies also in Japan, I know that his turnaround in Nissan by achieving the goals from the beginning is unique in Japan. His credo: “We cannot do the turnaround; the Japanese have to do it and we have to enable them.” I believe that way Japan dealt with him, was politically motivated and there was a lot of jealousy behind it, because of his achievements and popularity. That is the other side of Carlos Ghosn story.

When a figurehead’s fall is contrived, the mediocre take to the press and social media to spew their nonsense. Ghosn was unique at the Job and phenomenal in his escape.

He is running an automobile company from where he is right now 😎... as a consultant to the CEO. He travels under .... name to many countries... life is normal again but without glimmer ... thanks to 'the pope of redemption' 😅🤣

Real life is more interesting than fiction.

The greatest man alive!

For some reason this video and the commentators, not say the real story and the truth full of rubbish and outrageous, they try to adjudicate convict Mr ghosn and ruined his reputation, man fight for his freedom man simply CEO for the enormous three car manufacture where this report when that man turn around the disaster of losing company, car maker to profitable, success, structure and competitive company, he faced unfair trial. great man and superior CEO.

He manage to run away because the guards were watching some hentai instead doing there job 😂

If this was not a conspiracy as FT imply, then why did the Emporer of Japan even say that these financial irregularities should have been addressed in the Nissan Boardroom instead of the prosecution Carlos Ghosn. The BBC Storyville documentary is much more objective and closer to showing the full truth!

That fake smile on FT correspondents says how much biased this report is.

So biased... It's sad to see that FT is participating in this character assassination...

Carlos Ghosn is the unique hero that no other french, american or japanese CEO can be like. And good for him he succeeded to escape Japanese injust regime cause after all maybe they didn't deserve to have him in the first place

So, this is a very unprofessional product riddled with envy, jealousy and negativity. Very unprofessional. I must UNSUBSCRIBE from both this Channel and the newspaper. FT team, you have done a very EMOTIONALLY UNPROFESSIONAL job this time.

It's funny how biased this report is all of these people focusing on the birthday party and his personal life not looking on how successful the company was during his time till 2018 and how the companies failed without him when he was back stabbed ,he's still a legend and your propaganda will not change people's minds the sales figures does and it says without him the two companies are utter failures

Carlos Ghosn is the ultimate problem solver! That's why Renault Nissan Mitsubishi lost more than 30 billion in share value since he left the company. And even the Prime Minister of Japan and President of France said that any financial irregularities as these could and should have been resolved in the boardroom.

the rise and fall of Nissan and Renault should be the caption

He lost the opportunity ? He is alive and free from a biased and unfair system.

What Warren Buffet is to finance, Carlos Ghosn is to complex, global manufacturing and marketing

After this event, I will never buy Nissan.. Even Toyota is my favourite car.. but I am not sure if it will remain my favourite car.. I have bad feelings against the Japanese car after a long term love relationship..dear Japan u could had solved the issue with peace, justice! & Diplomatic methods! I am sorry Japan ! U lost a solid love !

This is a very wrong report! Charges are using a company flight for personal use to go hyper market, having a birthday or not so birthday party for public relations but no Nissan people was there as if they will make a difference and having a house in 2 countries... It doesn't make any sense for someone who takes 16 millions salary and merging 3 companies and looking to take on the forth to be removed for such claims.. And how he escaped shows how this system has serious holes and ironically the same system has a convection rate of 99%. In my opinion it's a political / business decision. Why not have the trial in France where he run one of the companies and was going back and forth between France and Japan!? This is a clear indication of that decision 19:05.

Ghosn was in talks with then- major shareholder Kervorkian about a possible merger of GM, Renault & Nissan, which was written in the book Crash Course.

Even though this is not a (illegal) crime, just an error; why did the cars *fall* in quality (automatic transmissions) during his charge? Was there focus on Renault instead of Nissan, after just cutting costs and putting off bankruptcy? Renault was great before it was nationalized and taken from the Renault family after WII, but had it ever regained its previous stature? As example: Toyota became great from perfection and quality. Mr. Ghosn has great management strategies, and organizationally improves the cos. he’s supervising.

Escaped in a crate smuggled into a private jet, the absolute madlad

Absolutely awesome couldn't make it up!

He did not fall a man this intelligent Hard working against the greed and Selfishness of japan

Don't waste your time with this one, just catch the BBC's 'The Last Flight'. Have a look at who they interview versus who is interviewed here, and the decision will be rather easy.

A fascinating story

Ghosn May have changed but I sense the resentment that these people have.Also the board signed off on these purchases it’s not as if he took the money so you should also question the board

Fascinating man. Great watch

I still belive he will become a prominent politician in Lebanon

17:06 the cameraman rolling his eyes? 🙈🤣

When ever someone does amazing for a company, he gets done over.

He did save Nissan. Also, his Japanese deputy probably happy to see him off, as he did take over. Even that guy was off not long after that.

This needs a big-budget movie. soon.

Carlos is dead, long live Carlos, the man who fought the system and won! Carlos is everyone’s secret dream.

Looks like there is a similarity between Henry Ford 2, Lee Iacocca and Carlos. I guess there are many of very clever and dominant business leaders out there.

Is it only me who thinks he looks alot more like Mubarak former president of Egypt 🤔

Any man can regain his honour....

Thanks to Japan's injustice.. without it, we would have not known the man in more details!.. the citizen of the world, the most powerful CEO in history... Wow!

Carlos Ghosn is a hero!

I absolutely hate nationalism. Some countries teach nationalism different than others. I hate the concept of doing good or prioritizing ones country over others. The country you were born is doesn't own you anything. Some people are so brainwashed to this that they would think leaving the country you were born in is like a betrayal. I consider myself a global citizen than of a certain country, I don't have access to all the countries but what I'm saying is that all the countries should be at a similar level.

CG will be fine!

Cherry picked hindsight hit piece that can't even keep the fundamental details together. Upon return to Brazil, he had taken a promotion as head of operations for the South American division of Michelin. Renault was not yet in the picture. This is a man who utilized compassion and the very nature of his personhood to turn around a failing division, unite it, and return it to profitability within two years. He repeated that success when he transitioned to Renault. His global status is not a byproduct of his success; it is a byproduct of his birth, and he used that to connect with people while practicing the transformational leadership communication approach. The only thing that Ghosn had against him with Nissan is a lack of Japanese heritage . He was an outsider holding his employees to account. Imagine feeling so compelled to make a contingency plan that you're willing to pay the lawyer's fees for two Americans to help you escape an island nation in a box with holes drilled in it. The only time I didn't see Carlos smiling or cheerful was in the artists renderings that made him look like Scrooge McDuck. Oh no, a wealthy millionaire with strong, historic, ties to France prior to his college years or even conception and birth throws a fancy theme party! Bruh. His annual salary was less than what the Paul brothers make while the net good on peoples' lives was magnitudes better than most humans will ever achieve. By the way, did you all hire one of the animators from Archer in order to make this more interesting and palatable for the uninitiated? Did anybody here consider that a man wise enough to turn three multinational corporations profitable in ONE lifetime might have enough wisdom to sense an unjust target on his back? FFS, FT is a joke for this.