Carlos Ghosn had everything he could wish for. A fantastic career in the car industry. He had recently gotten married at Versailles. Everyone in the business looked up to him. And then this empire collapsed. Apple TV+ docu-series brings the twists and turns of his life to the screen. Now the trailer has been released.
18 years with Michelin. Five years with Renault before being appointed as Nissan’s chief executive, while retaining his job at the French carmaker. Playing a major part in the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance.
In 2005, he was also named chief executive at Renault. Running two companies on the Fortune Global 500 (annual ranking of the top 500 corporations worldwide) simultaneously was an industry first. He really seemed to have everything.
From the Academy Award and Emmy winners behind Formula 1: Drive to Survive and Wall Street Journal, now comes Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn. It is the documentary movie that shows how the former CEO’s life changed in a split second.
The authorities accused him of setting up the perfect financial crime. Then he set up the perfect escape. The beginning of the end was the day of the breaking news: Carlos Ghosn has been arrested.
The info made headlines on November 19, 2018. He was taken into custody by the Tokyo district prosecutors at 4:30 pm, upon his return to Japan aboard a private jet. They were planning to question him over allegations of false accounting. They eventually arrested him, trialed him, and sentenced him to prison.
He was accused of misreporting income to financial regulators, transferring personal losses onto Nissan’s corporate account, and using corporate funds for his personal use. He denied all charges.
While on house arrest, he called Green Beret Michael Taylor from the United States. Taylor was eventually sentenced to two years in prison for his involvement in the escape.
A fake orchestra smuggled him out of Japan, hidden in a musical instrument box borrowed from a band, that was hired to perform for him during a Christmas party. The box had holes drilled in it so he could breathe.
It was late December, close to New Year’s Eve, when he fled to his native country Lebanon in a private jet via Istanbul despite being heavily monitored and not allowed to leave the country at the time.
He has been living in Lebanon ever since. Lebanon doesn't currently have an extradition treaty with Japan.
Inspired by the acclaimed book "Boundless," by The Wall Street Journal reporters Nick Kostov and Sean McLain, the four-part documentary movie Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn raises the question: is Carlos Ghosn a victim or a villain? It includes never-before-seen interviews with key players in the Ghosn saga as well as the details of his escape.
The docu-series will stream starting August 25 on Apple TV+.
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