CIO

American  

Or C.I.O.

abbreviation

1. Business. chief information officer: an executive in an organization who oversees policies and decisions relating to information technology and computer systems.

2. Business. chief investment officer: an executive in an organization who oversees financial assets.

3. Congress of Industrial Organizations.

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CIO British  

abbreviation

1. Congress of Industrial Organizations See also AFL-CIO

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Example Sentences

“Investors need to think of volatility as a friend,” says Thomas Lee, co-president and CIO at Parametric.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

Variant was founded in 2009 by the now CIO of asset manger Prevatt Capital, Jonathan Tepper, under a belief that “robust, repeatable tools work better than gurus with crystal balls.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

“You’ve got this somewhat dystopian narrative permeating the psychology of the market” with respect to AI and jobs, asset-management firm’s CIO says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Mark Malek, CIO at Siebert Financial, described the reaction as “textbook,” but cautioned that it was focused on the “direction of surprise, not necessarily a regime shift” in the labor market.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Educated at convent of Mont CIO Chantal in W. Va. As young woman was teacher and leader in Southern library movement.

From Jailed for Freedom by Stevens, Doris