CEO
Americanabbreviation
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of CEO
First recorded in 1910–15; originally Australian
Example Sentences
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That lands him one of the biggest executive-pay packages for a public-company CEO over the past decade, data from MyLogIQ show.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East—which Accenture CEO Julie Sweet cited as one factor affecting results—“is putting further pressure on weak discretionary spend,” Thind wrote.
From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026
The chain’s operations chief will take over as CEO of the world’s biggest pizza company, which is striving to reinvigorate sales.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
The proceeds of that raise would go toward a $20 billion bridge loan, which SpaceX originally took out to pay off debt accrued by CEO Elon Musk’s xAI.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026
It was the beginning of a slide that would end just a few months later, in a conference call between Morgan Stanley’s CEO and Wall Street’s analysts.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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