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

On Wednesday, CEO Jensen Huang said demand for AI is growing exponentially.

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At the finish line is the prize of “artificial general intelligence”—a nebulous term that Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has defined as “highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work.”

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Today, the startup’s robot can fold dinner towels, but soon, the firm will partner with real-world factories to expand that skill set, says Lindon Gao, the company’s CEO.

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The Jimmy Kimmel suspension underscores the enormous challenges facing the next leader of Walt Disney Co. as the company searches for a successor to Disney CEO Bob Iger.

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It comes as CEO Georges Eldhery, after a new divisional structural and cost-saving initiatives, tries to shape the bank one year on from his appointment.

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