The unprecedented rise and catastrophic fall of one of the world's most feared and admired
business executives?Carlos Ghosn?a remarkable story of innovation hubris alleged crimes and
daring international escape as chronicled by two Wall Street Journal reporters. Carlos Ghosn
always wanted more. Born in the Amazon raised by a well-off?if scandalized?family in Beirut
and educated in Paris Ghosn rose to prominence at Michelin in the United States Renault in
France and Nissan in Japan. Along the way he earned monikers of Le Cost Killer for his
incisive business savvy and Mr. 7-Eleven for the hours he devoted to his work. Initially
Ghosn thrived becoming a poster boy for globalization and multinational corporations.
Employees believed him to be among the greatest business minds of his generation and the press
hailed him a financial genius. The trouble started when Ghosn began to believe them. His power
rose in tandem with an increasing certainty that he was underpaid and undervalued at his
multiple posts. Executives grew unhappy with Ghosn's talk of a merger with Renault calling his
loyalty to Nissan into question. Resentments brewed enough so that a group of Nissan
executives set out to uncover the truth about the man who many throughout Nissan and Japan
perceived as a savior. Eventually Ghosn was accused of financial misconduct and arrested for a
bevy of alleged crimes?all of which he vehemently denied. Yet even as he insisted his financial
transactions were above board Ghosn was planning an astounding escape one that would either
smuggle him out of Tokyo and back to his ancestral homeland of Lebanon or land him in a
Japanese prison for life. Drawing from intensive investigative reporting and including
never-before-seen insider details from key players in Ghosn's life and the investigations into
him Nick Kostov and Sean McLain piece together this fallen icon's life and actions across the
globe. Their sensational globetrotting adventure reveals the complexity of a man who watched
for decades as contemporaries with far less talent amassed far greater wealth and who took
drastic measures to ensure he would finally get his due.
