CEO
Americanabbreviation
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of CEO
First recorded in 1910–15; originally Australian
Example Sentences
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Simo, who also leads OpenAI’s communications team, had been talking to CEO Sam Altman about finding a way to own the messaging around not just their company, but AI more generally.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
“Nothing could be worse. Every time we pass on a price increase to our customers, the price of aluminum goes up even more,” Reitnouer, the CEO of the Reading, Pa. company, said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
In February, it acquired xAI, the startup created by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to develop artificial intelligence, including the chatbot Grok.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026
“After building our industry-leading position in identity resolution, commerce, and creators, our next big bet is sport,” said Arthur Sadoun, Publicis Groupe’s CEO.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
The former chairman and CEO of Bear Stearns, and a Wall Street legend, Greenberg still kept an office at the firm and acted as a broker for a handful of presumably special investors.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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