CIO

American

Or C.I.O.

abbreviation

Business. chief information officer: an executive in an organization who oversees policies and decisions relating to information technology and computer systems.
Business. chief investment officer: an executive in an organization who oversees financial assets.
Congress of Industrial Organizations.

CIO British

abbreviation

Congress of Industrial Organizations See also AFL-CIO

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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

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

“You’ve got this somewhat dystopian narrative permeating the psychology of the market” with respect to AI and jobs, asset-management firm’s CIO says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Nancy Tengler, CEO and CIO of Laffer Tengler Investments, wrote on Wednesday that she’s focusing on investing in software companies that prove they have a strong growth trajectory amid the AI noise.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

The CIO 290 is going to buy me and my woman and the kids a nice, fine, pretty home.

From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine

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