How to Use chief executive in a Sentence

chief executive

noun
  • The President is the chief executive of the U.S.
  • Mike Roman, the company’s chairman and chief executive said in a news release.
    Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 20 Dec. 2022
  • His daughter Nella was named this week the president and chief executive of the Central City Assn.
    James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2022
  • There’s a need for therapies that are safe for long-term use, easy to take, and affordable, said Margo Georgiadis, the startup’s chief executive.
    Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Asos has installed a new chairman and chief executive in the last 18 months and its chief operating and chief financial officer, recently left.
    Katie Linsell, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Tottori, 59, is the first female chief executive in the carrier’s 73-year history.
    Beth Greenfield, Fortune Asia, 7 Oct. 2024
  • This marks a more than 40% dock in pay for the chief executive.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
  • His ascent is due to his longstanding ties to Will Lewis, the chief executive of The Post.
    Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 4 June 2024
  • Less of a question is whether Atkins has the experience to be the state’s chief executive.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024
  • That night, the talks collapsed, and the board named Emmett Shear, a co-founder of Twitch, as interim chief executive.
    Kevin Roose, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The founder and chief executive of SoftBank was down $4.7 billion on the same side deals through the September quarter.
    Takahiko Hyuga, Bloomberg.com, 8 Feb. 2023
  • John Lee, the chief executive of Hong Kong, unveiled the giveaway at a launch event earlier this month.
    Molly Enking, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Trump would be 82 at end of term, which is too old to be chief executive of anything, let alone the United States of America.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2024
  • But the chief executive has long been viewed in a favorable light by people who sat above him in the pecking order.
    Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The government of the July Monarchy took on the character of its chief executive.
    Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The firm's chief executive David Solomon made the announcement in a year-end message to staff, Bloomberg reported.
    Jessica Hullinger, The Week, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Al Jaber will be the first chief executive to hold the position, according to the announcement.
    Brady Dennis, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Clarke Ramsey, chief executive of LePerv Landscape, said he no doubt would be forced to raise his rates for his hundreds of clients.
    Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Richard Broder, the firm's chief executive, said that development is still planned.
    Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2023
  • After two months on the job, he was appointed to chief executive of TikTok.
    Andrea Guzman, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Dinh is the godfather to one of chief executive Lachlan Murdoch’s sons.
    Jeremy Barr, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The bank is 101 years old and has deep relationships with many of its customers, said Lawer, the chief executive, in an interview.
    Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Serving as secretary of state put Mofford, Hull and Brewer in place to become chief executive when the job opened up.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The company cut 25 percent of its work force, and Kyle Vogt, the company’s chief executive, resigned.
    Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The purpose is to force people to put themselves in the shoes of the hostages and the families still waiting for their release, said Craig Dershowitz, chief executive of Artists 4 Israel, the group behind the project.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The financial institute is currently on its third pair of chief executive and board chair in just three years.
    Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Mayor George Van Dusen has been Skokie’s chief executive for 23 years, but the surprises haven’t stopped coming yet.
    Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Ford is the chief executive officer and owner of the preschool, according to court documents.
    Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 1 July 2023
  • He’s already chosen his next chief executive, and he’s arranged to transfer ownership of the firm to his employees through a trust.
    Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Now, Brian Armstrong, the company’s chief executive and cofounder, wants to disrupt his money machine—the key to that pivot is Base, a system designed to improve upon Ethereum’s blockchain by potentially speeding up transactions.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024

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