CIO

American  

Or C.I.O.

abbreviation

1. Business. chief information officer: an executive in an organization who oversees policies and decisions relating to information technology and computer systems.

2. Business. chief investment officer: an executive in an organization who oversees financial assets.

3. Congress of Industrial Organizations.

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CIO British  

abbreviation

1. Congress of Industrial Organizations See also AFL-CIO

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Example Sentences

Kempe, Grant Thornton’s CIO, sees a similar trend playing out where the role of core business software changes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

“It would be even more jarring for stocks and the economy if these oil price levels persisted for even a few weeks or even a few months,” said Montis Financial CIO Dennis Follmer.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Variant was founded in 2009 by the now CIO of asset manger Prevatt Capital, Jonathan Tepper, under a belief that “robust, repeatable tools work better than gurus with crystal balls.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

Mark Malek, CIO at Siebert Financial, described the reaction as “textbook,” but cautioned that it was focused on the “direction of surprise, not necessarily a regime shift” in the labor market.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Men of the hills have been quite baffled by CIO and other union cards.

From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine