Carlos Ghosn, (Lebanese: Kárlos Ġoṡn, pronounced karlos go:n ), Knight Commander of the British Empire, born 9 March 1954 is a Brazil-born French-Lebanese businessman. He is the current CEO and President of Renault of France and Nissan of Japan. He is largely credited with turning around Nissan. As an outsider in charge of one of Japan's largest companies, Ghosn has been extremely successful. He was voted Man of the Year 2003 by Fortune magazine's Asian edition and is also on the board of Alcoa, Sony, and IBM. Ghosn became CEO of Renault, in 2005, succeeding Louis Schweitzer, while remaining CEO of Nissan as well.

Ghosn was born in Porto Velho, Brazil on 9 March 1954 to Lebanese parents. At age 6, he moved to Beirut, Lebanon, with his mother. He completed his secondary school studies there, in a Jesuit school (Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour). Then he completed his classes préparatoires at Lycée Stanislas in Paris. He graduated with engineering degrees from the École Polytechnique in 1978 (X1974) with last year's specialisation at the École des Mines de Paris. He is a Brazilian, Lebanese and French citizen.

He is married with four children. Ghosn is multilingual, speaking 4 languages fluently (Arabic, Portuguese, French and English).