ETAuto pays tribute to auto industry leaders who left us in 2015
Yoshikazu Hanawa - December 18
December 29, 2015, 15:12 ISTNissan Motor Company's former president and CEO, who rescued the indebted Japanese automaker in 1999, died of a heart attack; aged 81.
In 1999, when Nissan was facing difficulties, Hanawa formed an alliance with French automaker Renault. He was the last CEO of an independent Nissan.
He even chose Renault's Carlos Ghosn to become his successor as Nissan president in 2000.
Nissan chairman and CEO Ghosn said "Hanawa - san was an important part of the Nissan family and at the heart of the Alliance foundation. He was an inspiration to many of us and an important contributor to the world's automotive industry."
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