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

The Business Roundtable, a group of over 200 CEOs, noted that “trade with Canada and Mexico supports 13 million American jobs today.”

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It isn’t hard to think that Jeff Bezos left his role as Amazon.com’s CEO to enjoy a slower life filled with yachting and celebrity parties.

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People are splurging less on gifts for themselves, Bath & Body Works CEO Daniel Heaf said.

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The job would mark the first time he has picked up a CEO title since stepping away from day-to-day management at Amazon in 2021.

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By 2019, Rocky Smith, then CEO of Peak, asked foreign governments for help in developing the Tanzania mine.

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