chief executive
noun
: a principal executive: such as
a
: the president of a republic
b
: the governor of a state
c
: ceo
Examples of chief executive in a Sentence
The President is the chief executive of the U.S.
Recent Examples on the Web
The city charges a 2% hotel, motel tax, but Molly Rawn, Experience Fayetteville chief executive officer, said this increase only takes the lodging revenue into account.
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Lydia Fletcher, arkansasonline.com, 7 Apr. 2024
Transcribing YouTube In May, Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, acknowledged that A.I. companies would use up all viable data on the internet.
—Nico Grant, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
On Thursday, the company’s chief executive dismissed any notion that having a troublemaker on the board could sharpen management’s focus.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
There had been whispers for months about the group, which is led by Len Perna, the chief executive of TurnkeyZRG whose search firm helped place many of the key leaders in college sports.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
In a statement, the board of directors said, CFO Mala Murthy will take over as the acting chief executive.
—Mario Aguilar, STAT, 5 Apr. 2024
The plan started in 2022 because the company’s chief executive suffers from serious hay fever symptoms and also needs to spend time away from Tokyo every spring, said Shihomi Yamamoto, the company’s spokeswoman.
—Michelle Lee, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
No woman has ever been appointed to the role of chair, chief executive officer, president or CFO in the company’s history.
—Tom Metcalf, Fortune Europe, 4 Apr. 2024
He was removed as the chief executive of AMI in 2020.
—Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024
Lydia Fletcher, arkansasonline.com, 7 Apr. 2024
Transcribing YouTube In May, Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, acknowledged that A.I. companies would use up all viable data on the internet.
—Nico Grant, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
On Thursday, the company’s chief executive dismissed any notion that having a troublemaker on the board could sharpen management’s focus.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
There had been whispers for months about the group, which is led by Len Perna, the chief executive of TurnkeyZRG whose search firm helped place many of the key leaders in college sports.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
In a statement, the board of directors said, CFO Mala Murthy will take over as the acting chief executive.
—Mario Aguilar, STAT, 5 Apr. 2024
The plan started in 2022 because the company’s chief executive suffers from serious hay fever symptoms and also needs to spend time away from Tokyo every spring, said Shihomi Yamamoto, the company’s spokeswoman.
—Michelle Lee, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
No woman has ever been appointed to the role of chair, chief executive officer, president or CFO in the company’s history.
—Tom Metcalf, Fortune Europe, 4 Apr. 2024
He was removed as the chief executive of AMI in 2020.
—Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1793, in the meaning defined above
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