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Caroline Ghosn (born January 29, 1987) is an American businesswoman. She is the eldest child of former Nissan and Renault CEO, Carlos Ghosn. In 2011, she founded Levo (formerly Levo League), a professional network dedicated to helping millennials navigate the workplace, and has been managing its development since then.

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Ghosn is an active member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers community [1] and attended and spoke at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos in 2014. [2]

Ghosn was recognized by Fast Company as one of the Most Creative People in Business in 2013. Ghosn was presented as a debutante at the Bal des débutantes in Paris in 2006. [3]

Education

Ghosn graduated from Stanford University in 2008 [4] with a bachelor’s degree. She has lived in six countries and speaks four languages. [5]

Business career

In 2011 Ghosn founded Levo to help millennials achieve success in the workplace. [6]

Ghosn currently serves as the CEO and Chairman of Levo's Board of Directors. Levo has an audience of over 9 million members globally, and 30 local Levo chapters around the world. [7] The company has raised more than $9 million in angel investment with prominent investors including Gina Bianchini and Lubna Olayan. [8] Former Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg, is also an investor in Levo and a personal mentor to Ghosn. [9]

As part of Levo's “Office Hours” series, Ghosn has interviewed leading businessmen and women and influencers, including Warren Buffett, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, [10] actor Kevin Spacey, [11] journalist Soledad O’Brien and designer Nanette Lepore. [9]

Ghosn has spoken at a number of international conferences, including the 2014 World Economic Forum, [2] Bloomberg's The Next Big Thing Summit, [12] AMEX's CEO Bootcamp, [13] and Cosmo’s Fun Fearless Life conference with Joanna Coles. [14]

Since launching Levo, Ghosn has been named to Fast Company’s list of the Most Creative People in Business in 2013. [15]

Since the arrestal of her father, CEO of Renault-Nissan in 2018, websites and domain names of levo.com, levoleague.com has expired and used by third-party.

Personal life

Ghosn is the eldest child of former Nissan and Renault CEO, Carlos Ghosn, and his first wife Rita Khordahi. [16] [17] In July 2018 Ghosn married Nicholas Flanders in Naoshima, Japan. [18]

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