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 and his wife, Rita, have four
children: Anthony a freshman at the American School of Paris, Maya a senior at the American School of Paris,
Nadine, a sophomore at Stanford University, and Caroline, who graduated from Stanford University in June 2008.
Jacques Nasser, former CEO of Ford Motor Company from 1999 to 2001, is also Lebanese. Ghosn considers him to be a close friend.
Ghosn is multilingual, speaking 4 languages fluently (Arabic, Portuguese, French and English).