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

Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, later published an essay urging companies to slow down with their improvement of AI models. — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026

Beauty’s board director, has joined oral care brand Cocolab as chief executive officer. — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

The Great British Bake Off could be back on the BBC one day, according to Channel 4‘s chief executive. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026

Swimmers never attend opening ceremonies, Evans retorted when Billy Payne, president and chief executive of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, asked her to run the penultimate leg of the torch relay. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 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