business executive

Other forms: business executives

Definitions of business executive
  1. noun
    an executive in a business corporation
    synonyms: corporate executive
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    chairman of the board
    the chairman of the board of directors of a corporation
    CEO, chief executive officer, chief operating officer
    the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
    CFO, chief financial officer
    the corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm
    insider
    an officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations
    president
    an executive officer of a firm or corporation
    type of:
    executive, executive director
    a person responsible for the administration of a business
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