CEO
Americanabbreviation
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of CEO
First recorded in 1910–15; originally Australian
Example Sentences
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I had been planning to spend days at the Oakland, Calif., courtroom where CEO Mark Zuckerberg was expected to appear, but it was all over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Kushner also helped Sam Altman to retain his CEO position after he was pushed out by the board in 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
And in 2014, he penned a Bloomberg Businessweek essay coming out as gay, becoming the first Fortune 500 CEO to do so.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
A review of Nottingham NHS Trust found 520 mums and babies suffered potentially avoidable harm or death, according to the Sunday Mirror, while former CEO Peter Homa "raked in thousands" through his co-owned business.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The city was not only home to her dad’s literary idol, but Emily’s, too: Garrison Griswold, CEO of Bayside Press and mastermind of Book Scavenger, the coolest book-hunting game in existence.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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