honcho

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Its activist investing honcho, James Chadwick, once told a podcast his fund often gets involved at the prodding of a former insider or other person knowledgeable about a particular target company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

The band jumped over to the Sony Music label B1, whose head honcho is Wolfgang Boss - one of the first people to champion Clean Bandit back in the 2010s.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024

Pecker’s testimony was completely confirmed later on in the trial by Cohen, though he came off as a far less credible witness than the National Enquirer honcho.

From Slate • May 29, 2024

The "All That" and actress ascended the child star ladder starting with her sketch comedy series "The Amanda Show" produced by Nickelodeon's former head honcho Dan Schneider.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2024

"So, who's in town? Spielberg? The head honcho from Disney?"

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda