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Planet Money

Corporate Fugitive: Carlos Ghosn

Planet Money

NPR

Business, News

4.629.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Japan once served sushi in the shape of Carlos Ghosn's face. Then Japanese authorities arrested the celebrity CEO who remade Nissan. We bring you first hand accounts of his spectacular rise, sudden fall and dramatic escape. | This episode is a collaboration with HBR IdeaCast.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Planet Money from NPR.

0:07.2

On November 18, 2018, Carlos Gone was arrested in Japan.

0:12.1

Gone was the CEO of not one, but two global automakers at the same time.

0:18.0

Nissan in Japan and Renault in France.

0:21.2

Before his trial, Gone was being held and interrogated in a concrete prison on the outskirts of Tokyo.

0:27.0

This was a man who was used to jetting around the world to his palatial homes in Paris,

0:31.8

Beirut and Rio.

0:33.5

All paid for by Nissan.

0:35.7

Now he got a 15 minute limit on his bathing time and a hard futon in a cell.

0:41.0

All paid for by the Japanese government.

0:43.4

For short time, journalists could visit him in prison.

0:46.4

So he was wearing civilian clothes in a way.

0:50.3

Some spot pants and a big sweater.

0:52.2

Yon Russo is the Tokyo correspondent for France's Business Newspaper, Les Echo.

0:57.2

He was one of the very few reporters to visit Gone while he was in prison.

1:00.7

And yet some kind of flip-flop.

1:03.6

The one you use here in Japan when you go to a public bus.

1:08.5

Because he couldn't have his nice shoes.

1:10.3

He was like that, but he was still very classy.

1:13.1

His hair was a little grayer and messier because he used to put dark.

1:18.9

How do you say dye?

1:20.1

Dye or coloring?

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