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.
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Patrick Collison, chief executive officer and co-founder of Stripe Inc., left, smiles as John Collison, president and co-founder of Stripe Inc., speaks during a Bloomberg Studio 1.0 television interview in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Friday, March 23, 2018.
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Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2024
Bitcoin has swung wildly this last week after Tesla chief executive Elon Musk issued a surprise crypto endorsement.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
See here: To be clear: What a board decides to do with its chief executive is the board’s business.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
Kelly Ortberg’s earnings debut as Boeing Co. chief executive officer has gained an element of suspense as workers vote on the same day whether to accept the planemaker’s latest proposal and end a five-week-long strike.
—Julie Johnsson, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2024
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Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2024
Bitcoin has swung wildly this last week after Tesla chief executive Elon Musk issued a surprise crypto endorsement.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
See here: To be clear: What a board decides to do with its chief executive is the board’s business.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
Kelly Ortberg’s earnings debut as Boeing Co. chief executive officer has gained an element of suspense as workers vote on the same day whether to accept the planemaker’s latest proposal and end a five-week-long strike.
—Julie Johnsson, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2024
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“Chief executive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chief%20executive. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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