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

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Geoffroy van Raemdonck, the CEO of Neiman Marcus, has long embraced the gesture. Preston Fore, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025 Investors are widely expecting a fresh bid from Paramount Skydance for Warner Brothers Discovery, after WBD CEO David Zaslav and his board rejected an initial bid of roughly $20 per share. Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2025 Strong is set to portray Meta (formerly Facebook) founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg a decade and a half after Eisenberg earned an Oscar nomination for his spin on the same divisive mogul. Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025 That’s how Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley described the state of the automotive industry earlier this year amid geopolitical tensions, tariffs, inflation and other disruptions. Michael Wayland, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for CEO

Word History

Etymology

chief executive officer

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of CEO was in 1914

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“CEO.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CEO. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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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