Tom Mignanelli, first American CEO of Nissan, has died at 73 Tom Mignanelli, first American CEO of Nissan, has died at 73 July 12, 2018 dzadmin Comments 0 Comment Tom Mignanelli, a former Ford executive who gave Nissan’s U.S. sales company a transfusion of American business culture in the early 1990s, has died following surgery for a brain tumor. He was 73.