The CEO of Nissan manages his stress by playing the drums in his band and hitting tennis on the weekends

Stress comes with the territory of being at the helm of billion-dollar corporations—so CEOs are turning to personal rituals and deliberate routines to stay sharp and avoid burnout. Ivan Espinosa, the CEO of Japanese the $8.5 billion 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.”

The Mexican national first joined Nissan back in 2003 as a product specialist in the company’s Mexico planning division; after rising through the ranks and serving senior positions in Thailand and Europe, Espinosa finally moved to Nissan’s global headquarters in Japan in 2016. He also held a litany of leadership roles before assuming the role of CEO last April. 

Throughout a whirlwind career like Espinosa’s—bouncing around different companies, and taking on greater responsibilities—stress is bound to creep in. However, reconnecting to himself........

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