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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Rosanna Maietta, president and chief executive of the American Hotel and Lodging Assn.
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Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Birkenstock‘s chief executive officer Oliver Reichert is not worried, despite a changing geopolitical backdrop.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
Container shipping behemoth Hapag-Lloyd is incurring extra costs of between $50 million and $60 million per week because of the ongoing blockage in the Strait of Hormuz, its chief executive told CNN on Wednesday.
—Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
SoftBank was founded more than four decades ago by Masayoshi Son, the company's chief executive and chairman, who is a University of California graduate and now a billionaire widely considered a pioneer in Japan's technology sector.
—ABC News, 13 May 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Birkenstock‘s chief executive officer Oliver Reichert is not worried, despite a changing geopolitical backdrop.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
Container shipping behemoth Hapag-Lloyd is incurring extra costs of between $50 million and $60 million per week because of the ongoing blockage in the Strait of Hormuz, its chief executive told CNN on Wednesday.
—Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
SoftBank was founded more than four decades ago by Masayoshi Son, the company's chief executive and chairman, who is a University of California graduate and now a billionaire widely considered a pioneer in Japan's technology sector.
—ABC News, 13 May 2026
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“Chief executive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chief%20executive. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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