chairman of the board

American  

noun

1. the chief officer of a business corporation, elected by its board of directors and charged with the supervision and management of high-level affairs of the company, as making corporate policy or approving actions of the president and vice presidents.

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chairman of the board

The community relies heavily on funding from surrounding Lee County to staff law enforcement, repave roads and widen arteries connecting Lehigh Acres to the region, said Cecil Pendergrass, chairman of the board of county commissioners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Musk is listed as founder, chief executive, chief technical officer and chairman of the board.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

He was nearly wiped out but got back on his financial footing when a venture capitalist asked him in 1986 to be chairman of the board, with stock options, of a new company called Magellan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

The 79-year-old installed himself as chairman of the board for the center, originally named after president John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1963.

From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026

She had been his legal adviser; she would inherit his stock and serve as a director of the company until the day she, too, would be elected chairman of the board.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

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