CEO meaning: definition, quotations

CEO

noun

Business Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of chief executive officer.

CEOs who once made 50 times the average worker’s salary made more than 500 times as much in 2001.2010 December 4, Evan Thomas, “Why It’s Time to Worry”, in Newsweek:
Stack ranking had come into fashion after GE CEO Jack Welch used a similar system, called rank-and-yank, to turn around that company in the 1980s and 1990s.2015 January 2, Nicholas Carlson, “The Day Marissa Mayer's Honeymoon At Yahoo Ended”, in Business Insider, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2022:

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Swisher then looked back at a number of tech CEOs booked for the conference in the past — from Steve Jobs to Elon Musk — and relayed that “we never promised anything or gave them any heads up. We’re journalists FFS.”2023 September 28, Benjamin Lindsay, quoting Kara Swisher, “Kara Swisher Defends Ex-Twitter Exec Upstaging CEO Linda Yaccarino”, in TheWrap:

Business Internet, Humorous A notional title for a leading partaker in, or advocate of something or someone.

Hey. CEO. Of. Racism. Made. You. Some. Lunch. 👊🏾 .😡2019 August 27, Dennis Rodman, “Archived copy”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2019:

UK, Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of civil enforcement officer.

Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Abbreviation, Acronym Acronym of current engine option.

Government Philippines, Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of city engineering office.

verb

Informal To serve as the chief executive officer (CEO) of an organization or company.

Daddy-David's answer was CEOing. He'd CEOed at three companies, most recently as head of an electronic sensor manufacturer. “He's completely turned them around in less than a year,” Lise trilled, “and never missed Friday afternoon Bible study.”2018, Michael Andreoni, The Window Is a Mirror, Livonia, MI: BHC Press, →ISBN, page unknown:
“We’d like you to be our CEO,” the board would say, and the CEO would say “sounds great but I am also the CEO of another company, is that a problem,” and the board would say “yes of course that’s a problem, we meant you’d quit your other CEO job and work for us, that’s how CEOing works, […]”2020 March 2, Matt Levine, “Twitter Owner Wants Full-Time CEO”, in Bloomberg, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2020: