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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★Fortune Asia Businessman of the Year 2002
★Fortune Magazine listed as one of 10 most powerful business leaders outside US 2003
★Blue Ribbon Medal from Emperor Akihito of Japan 2004 - first foreign business leader
★Automotive Hall of Fame induction 2004
★Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE) 2006
★Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic of Spain 2012
★International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering 2013
★CNBC Asia Business Leader of the Year 2011
★CEO Quarterly Magazine Most Respected CEOs
★Automotive News Industry Leader of the Year 2000, 2001
Notable Facts
→Former CEO of Nissan, Renault, and Mitsubishi Motors simultaneously
→First person to run two Fortune Global 500 companies at the same time
→Credited with turning around Nissan from near bankruptcy in 1999
→Pioneer in electric vehicles - launched Nissan LEAF in 2010
→Escaped Japan in 2019 hidden in audio equipment box to avoid trial
→Currently international fugitive living in Beirut, Lebanon
→Has published multiple books including bestseller on Nissan turnaround
→Multilingual executive speaking Arabic, English, French, Portuguese
→Filed $1+ billion lawsuit against Nissan from Lebanon
→Net worth estimated at $120 million before arrest
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