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

In a matter of minutes in January 1957, Hall abruptly resigned as governor, which automatically elevated his former running mate, John McCuish, to chief executive. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026

The tech leaders included Eric Schmidt, former Google chief executive; Reid Hoffman, a LinkedIn co-founder; Vinod Khosla, a venture capitalist; Yann LeCun, a computer scientist; and Jack Clark, a co-founder of Anthropic. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

The longtime chief executive of 13 years then went on to serve on Amazon’s board, as well as the supervisory board of Dutch health company Royal Philips. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 14 July 2026

Its chief executive, Miriam Amedi, came to the cause through her own husband, the singer and Fauda actor Idan Amedi, who was severely wounded in Gaza. — Frayda Leibtag, Time, 13 July 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