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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Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., left, and Emmanuel Macron, France’s president at the 2025 VivaTech conference in Paris, France, on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
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Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 14 June 2025
The Italian company had tapped industry veteran Simon Whitehouse as its chief executive officer in March 2024.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 13 June 2025
Officers found Nicholas Manning, the chief executive officer of Caldwell’s West Valley Medical Center, in his hotel room on Monday, according to Lindsey Eldridge, a spokesperson for the Baltimore Police Department who responded to the Statesman via email.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 13 June 2025
The business justification was expressed by Josh Weinstein, president, chief executive officer, and chief climate officer of Carnival Corp.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 12 June 2025
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Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 14 June 2025
The Italian company had tapped industry veteran Simon Whitehouse as its chief executive officer in March 2024.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 13 June 2025
Officers found Nicholas Manning, the chief executive officer of Caldwell’s West Valley Medical Center, in his hotel room on Monday, according to Lindsey Eldridge, a spokesperson for the Baltimore Police Department who responded to the Statesman via email.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 13 June 2025
The business justification was expressed by Josh Weinstein, president, chief executive officer, and chief climate officer of Carnival Corp.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 12 June 2025
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“Chief executive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chief%20executive. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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