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

Hobbhahn is chief executive officer and founder of Apollo Research, an AI safety organization that works with OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind to test their models for risk. — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2026

Dave Powers, former president and chief executive officer of Deckers Brands, is coming out of footwear retirement. — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026

Ellison previously announced that former Mattel Chief Executive Ynon Kreiz would run Skydance’s day-to-day operations as co-chief executive. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Samek will report to Banijay Entertainment deputy chief executive officer Jane Turton. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1793, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for chief executive

• consecutive

Kids Definition

chief executive

noun

: a principal executive: as

a

: the president of a republic

b

: the governor of a state

c

: ceo