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Emma Burleigh

The CEO of $8.5 billion Japanese car giant Nissan plays the drums in a band and hits the tennis courts to destress from the top job

Ivan Espinosa, chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co (Credit: Akio Kon—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

When you’re at the helm of a billion-dollar corporation, stress comes with the territory—so CEOs are turning to personal rituals and deliberate routines to stay sharp and avoid burnout. Ivan Espinosa, CEO of $8.5 billion Japanese car giant Nissan, decompresses from the job by jamming out with his band and hitting the tennis courts each weekend. 

“How do I manage stress? Well, I try to continue being myself,” Espinosa said in a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal. “So I like to play tennis on the weekends. If I can’t, I play golf. And I also am a musician.”

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