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co-CEO

co-CEO noun: one of the chief executive officers in a shared leadership structure.

Noun

co-CEO (plural co-CEOs)

  1. One of the chief executive officers in a shared leadership structure.
    • When Netflix announced this summer that it was elevating Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos to co-CEO, sharing the title with founder Reed Hastings, the move cut against conventional wisdom.2020 September 15, John Gerzema, Will Johnson, “Is CEO a Two-Person Job?”, in Harvard Business Review, →ISSN

Forms of co-CEO

pluralco-CEOs

Origin of co-CEO

From co- + CEO.

Questions about co-CEO

What does co-CEO mean?
Co-CEO means one of the chief executive officers in a shared leadership structure.
What part of speech is co-CEO?
Co-CEO is a noun.
What is the plural of co-CEO?
The plural of co-CEO is co-CEOs.

Words near co-CEO in the dictionary

  1. co-brother-in-law
  2. co-brothers
  3. co-brothers-in-law
  4. co-cathedral
  5. co-cathedrals
  6. co-CEO
  7. co-CEOs
  8. co-chair
  9. co-chaired
  10. co-chairing
  11. co-chairman

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