: the executive with the chief decision-making authority in an organization or business

Examples of CEO in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Elon Musk claimed victory last week at Tesla’s annual meeting, where shareholders affirmed a pay package worth as much as $55.8 billion for their cult leader and CEO. Peter Green, Quartz, 23 June 2024 Baum is the president and CEO of Educational Alliance, a settlement house serving Lower Manhattan since 1889. Rich Baum, New York Daily News, 23 June 2024 By Billy Perrigo June 23, 2024 7:00 AM EDT Hanging on the wall of Anthropic’s offices in San Francisco in early May, a stone’s throw from the conference room where CEO Dario Amodei would shortly sit for an interview with TIME, was a framed meme. Billy Perrigo, TIME, 23 June 2024 The plays are all written by Connecticut residents past and present — including New Yorker short story writer and cartoonist James Thurber, WTNH news anchor Dennis House, and mystery novelist and former Mintz + Hoke CEO Chris Knopf, according to a press release. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2024 During its most recent earnings call, CEO Tim Cook said more than half of the Fortune 100 companies have already bought an Apple Vision Pro. Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 10 June 2024 Earlier this year, luxury German automaker Mercedes delayed its electrification plans by five years, with CEO Ola Kaellenius telling investors the company was still committed to producing combustion engine cars. Morgan Korn, ABC News, 9 June 2024 Who is the richest person in Charlotte? Of the eight billionaires who live in North Carolina, only one calls Charlotte home: Red Ventures co-founder and CEO Ric Elias. Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 7 June 2024 Cristo Rey Miami High School, which opened two years ago in North Miami, received $2.1 million from the 55-year-old billionaire founder and CEO of Citadel, who relocated his financial empire’s headquarters to Miami from Chicago in 2022. Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 29 May 2024

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Word History

Etymology

chief executive officer

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of CEO was in 1914

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Cite this Entry

“CEO.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CEO. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

: the executive with the chief decision-making power in an organization or business
Etymology

chief executive officer

Legal Definition

CEO

noun
: the executive with the chief decision-making authority in an organization or business
Etymology

chief executive officer

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