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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation chief executive officer
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- noun Initialism of
chief executive officer .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
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Examples
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During the 1990s, when American practices were all the rage, Germans started to use the term CEO to translate Vorstandssprecher, which means more literally "speaker of the management board."
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Over at America Online, the top boss of the site's matchmaking service, holds the title CEO of Love.
Jacked-Up Job Titles 2006
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The term CEO is almost a bad word these days as opposed to the golden era back there in the late '90's and early 2000's.
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The term CEO is almost a bad word these days as opposed to the golden era back there in the late '90's and early 2000's.
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Clifford, who was given the title CEO in addition to executive director by Metra's board, described other policy changes he has already implemented and others he will make soon.
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Thus Executives and the CEO is able to enrich themselves while putting another American Family on the street.
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In a company such as Research in Motion, Motorola, or, for that matter, Apple, the CEO is the one who decides which new cell phone to release to a waiting public, which chip company will supply the integrated circuits that make it work, and which phone-service providers to partner with.
Do CEOs Matter? 2009
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In a company such as Research in Motion, Motorola, or, for that matter, Apple, the CEO is the one who decides which new cell phone to release to a waiting public, which chip company will supply the integrated circuits that make it work, and which phone-service providers to partner with.
Do CEOs Matter? 2009
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That's my, like they label CEO records and Jimmy O was like a best friend with the label that I'm in and I just have - I still can't believe it because Jimmy O is like, is like everything to us, to Haiti.
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Normally, a CEO is there to create short term growth and to get the heck out as quickly as possible.
Think Progress » For the First Time, Progressives Develop National Ballot Initiative Strategy 2006
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