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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Michelle Gonzalez, the organization’s president and chief executive, noted that the system is not ready to absorb the care of so many additional residents without medical coverage.
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Chris Kemp, the chief executive officer of Astra, apparently didn't get the memo about playing nice.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Now Michael Kliger, who has led Mytheresa for a decade, has to do it again as chief executive officer of LuxExperience, the company that came together when Mytheresa took control of Yoox Net-a-porter in April.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia, at the London Tech Week exposition in London, UK, on Monday, June 9, 2025.
—Ian King, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Chris Kemp, the chief executive officer of Astra, apparently didn't get the memo about playing nice.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Now Michael Kliger, who has led Mytheresa for a decade, has to do it again as chief executive officer of LuxExperience, the company that came together when Mytheresa took control of Yoox Net-a-porter in April.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia, at the London Tech Week exposition in London, UK, on Monday, June 9, 2025.
—Ian King, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Chief executive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chief%20executive. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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