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Talking about stepping down in five years is frankly not a topic of particular actuality now.

Carlos Ghosn

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Carlos Ghosn
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: March 9
Business Executive
Businessman
Engineer
Management
Writer
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Stepping

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