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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Alphabet advertising Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during a visit to the Google for Startups campus in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025.
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Sara Salinas, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025
Slate Shows Off Its New All-Electric Truck And SUV
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Chris Barman is one of the very few automaker chief executive officers.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Also on Thursday, at Kering’s annual shareholders’ meeting, chairman and chief executive officer François-Henri Pinault flashed a line chart showing how company’s shares have roughly halved in value over the past year.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 24 Apr. 2025
True North Sports Ventures will launch one of the expansion franchises and is majority-owned by MLC co-founders Sameer Mehta and Vijay Srinivasan, the league’s former chief executive.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Sara Salinas, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025
Slate Shows Off Its New All-Electric Truck And SUV
By
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull
Senior Editor, Autos
Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member
news article
0
Chris Barman is one of the very few automaker chief executive officers.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Also on Thursday, at Kering’s annual shareholders’ meeting, chairman and chief executive officer François-Henri Pinault flashed a line chart showing how company’s shares have roughly halved in value over the past year.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 24 Apr. 2025
True North Sports Ventures will launch one of the expansion franchises and is majority-owned by MLC co-founders Sameer Mehta and Vijay Srinivasan, the league’s former chief executive.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for chief executive
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“Chief executive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chief%20executive. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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