successor
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His successor, John Ternus, currently senior vice president of hardware engineering, is much admired on Wall Street and beyond.
From Barron's • Jun. 19, 2026
Ericsson Chief Executive Officer Borje Ekholm will step down, with Per Narvinger named as his successor effective Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
It really began to scale up about 15 years ago under Bob Bradley and his successor Jurgen Klinsmann.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026
He was part of a core group of Spanish-speaking players who were frustrated by the situation and struggled to perform under Maresca's successor, Liam Rosenior.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026
Henry Schacht, a veteran industrialist now with Warburg Pincus, was brought in by Lucent, the successor of Western Electric, to help manage it through this crazy period.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
Vocabulary lists containing successor
The Giver
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