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chief executive officer definition - finance
The person responsible for running a corporation. The chairman of the board or the president may also hold the title CEO.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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