ceo

Everyday

Chief Executive Officer: the most important manager of a company or organisation, who makes the big decisions and leads the other managers. tree →

In the lessons

In money and careers lessons, the CEO is the boss of a business, answering to a board of directors. In news, CEOs of big tech or car companies are often in the headlines. Children sometimes joke «I'm the CEO of snacks» meaning in charge of something.

Examples

• The CEO announced a new phone. tree →
• My mum is the CEO of a small charity. tree →
• The CEO reports to the board of directors. tree →
• She started the company and became its CEO. tree →
• The CEO visited the factory workers. tree →
• He joked he was CEO of the family's TV remote. (informal) tree →

Note

An abbreviation, written in capitals: CEO, plural CEOs; said letter by letter «see-ee-oh». The input is lower case only because of the word list. Use «a CEO» (because it starts with a consonant sound «see»). Similar titles: managing director (UK), president.