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

Earlier today, David Ellison, the chief executive of Paramount Skydance, wrote a New York Times op-ed and defended the merger. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2026

Long- term profit target still 8 to 10% Oliver Zipse, former chief executive officer of BMW AG, at the Beijing Auto Show. — Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Perhaps Wrexham chief executive Michael Williamson summed things up best shortly before ringing the Nasdaq bell in Times Square to launch both the day’s trading on the world’s second biggest stock exchange and the club’s new home shirt. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

John Heller, Amentum’s chief executive officer, said the company supports nuclear projects across the entire project lifecycle and expects demand for firm baseload power to continue growing. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 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