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Nissan Motor Company Ltd
Nissan Jidosha Kabushiki-gaisha
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Nissan Logo
Type Public company (TYO: 7201; Pink Sheets: NSANY)
Industry

Automotive
Financial services
Engineering

Founded December 26, 1933
Founder(s)

Kenjiro Den
Rokuro Aoyama
Meitaro Takeuchi
Yoshisuke Aikawa

Headquarters Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan
(Officially registered in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa)
Area served Worldwide
Key people

Carlos Ghosn (President and Co-Chairman)
Toshiyuki Shiga (President and Co-Chairman, COO)

Products

Automobiles
Outboard Motors
Forklift Trucks

Production output 4,080,588 (2010)
Revenue decrease �7.517 trillion / $80.92 billion FY 2009[1]
Operating income increase � 311.6 billion / $3.35 billion FY 2009[1]
Net income increase � 42.4 billion / $460 million FY 2009[1]
Employees 30,718 (non-consolidated basis)
175,766 (consolidated basis)[2]
Divisions

Infiniti
NISMO
Infiniti Performance Line

Subsidiaries

Nissan Forklift
Nissan Marine
Autech

Website nissan-global.com

Nissan Motor Company Ltd (Japanese: ????????? Nissan Jidosha Kabushiki-gaisha?) (TYO: 7201), usually shortened to Nissan (play /'ni?s??n/ or UK /'n?s�n/; Japanese: [nis?a?]), is a multinational automaker headquartered in Japan. It was formerly a core member of the Nissan Group, but has become more independent after its restructuring under Carlos Ghosn (CEO).