chief executive officer (CEO)
Definition
Top executive responsible for a firm's overall operations and performance. He or she is the leader of the firm, serves as the main link between the board of directors (the board) and the firm's various parts or levels, and is held solely responsible for the firm's success or failure. One of the major duties of a CEO is to maintain and implement corporate policy, as established by the board. Also called President or managing director, he or she may also be the chairman (or chairperson) of the board.
chief executive officer (CEO) is in the Entrepreneurship, Management, & Leadership subject.
chief executive officer (CEO) appears in the definitions of the following terms: hierarchical, chairman of the board, Federal Reserve System (The Fed), officer, top management, management, management accounting, chief operating officer (COO), managing director and chief financial officer (CFO)
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