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chief executive

[cheef ig-zek-yuh-tiv] / ˈtʃif ɪgˈzɛk jə tɪv /


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“Taking away basic quarterly information means investors are blind for six months at a time,” says Dennis Kelleher, co-founder and chief executive of the investor advocacy nonprofit Better Markets.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2026

Mary Holland, the chief executive of Children’s Health Defense, said Shaw had tried to warn her pediatrician about a family history of adverse reactions to the flu vaccine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026

Adura chief executive Neil McCulloch says the UK would have limited options in the event of "a gas supply emergency"

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026

“Hedge funds and short-term traders were playing the Nasdaq addition,” said Jay Hatfield, chief executive officer at Infrastructure Capital Advisors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2026

Since there had never been a republican chief executive, there was no readily available vocabulary to characterize such a creature, except the verbal traditions that had built up around European courts and kings.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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