CEO

Or C.E.O.

abbreviation

1. chief executive officer: the head of an organization, company, etc.

CEO

abbreviation

1. chief executive officer

Word History and Origins

Origin of CEO¹

First recorded in 1910–15; originally Australian

Example Sentences

Running shoes remain a key trend for customers and the company has a strong product lineup in this area going into the busiest trading season, the CEO said.

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Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman, who also attended Tuesday night’s dinner, said at the investment forum that his firm will start building AI data warehouses in Saudi Arabia, something it had never considered before.

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Some investors are hoping that the results, and what CEO Jenson Huang says about the outlook, can reignite the tech rally.

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The company has emphasized cost efficiencies, sought to improve product development through artificial intelligence and deployed co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey in a more hands-on role within the Square merchant business.

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The apparent lack of correlation between CEO pay and company performance is a consequence of a system stacked in favor of those in the executive suite.

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