chief executive officer

highest-ranking officer of an organization
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Summary

chief executive officer is a corporate title[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of corporate title entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,550 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: legal term or legal concept[3], profession[4], occupation[5]
  • Subclass of: chief officer[6], leader of organization[7]
  • Commons category: Chief executive officers[8]
  • Said to be the same as: Counsellor Delegate[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Chief executive officers[10]
  • Described at URL: https://verwaltungsrats-lexikon.vrmandat.com/ceo/[11]
  • Main Wikidata property: P169[12]
  • Different from: representative director[13], president[14], director general[15]
  • Female form of label: directrice générale[16], bestuursvoorzitster[17], executiva en cap[18], amministratrice delegata[19], מנהלת כללית[20], Chief Executive Officer[21], diretora executivo[22], direutora executiva[23], direutora executivu[24], رئيسة تنفيذية[25], главная управляющая[26], generalinė direktorė[27], генэральная выканаўчая дырэктарка[28], directora ejecutiva[29]
  • Male form of label: diretor executivo[30], رئيس تنفيذي[31], generalinis direktorius[32], генэральны выканаўчы дырэктар[33], directeur général[34], director ejecutivo[35], מנהל כללי[36], director executivo[37], glavni izvršni direktor[38]
  • Next lower rank: director general[39]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Business[40], WikiProject Companies[41], WikiProject Occupations[42]
  • ISCO-08 occupation class: 1120[43]

Why It Matters

chief executive officer has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 121 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . gupea.ub.gu.se. gupea.ub.gu.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . vlkk.lt. vlkk.lt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . vlkk.lt. vlkk.lt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    The independent topic id → ceos
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ The independent topic id: ceos, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214110507|CEOs (#214110507)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7171|The Independent topic]] "
  2. 16d ago · GilPe · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'anp', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'c
    Female form of label → {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'directrice générale'}, {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'bestuursvoorzitster'}, {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'executiva en cap'} +17
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Female form of label: Generaldirektesch"
  3. 26d ago · Franzekafka · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Male form of label → {'lang': 'pt-br', 'text': 'diretor executivo'}, {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'رئيس تنفيذي'}, {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'generalinis direktorius'} +6
    Female form of label → {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'directrice générale'}, {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'bestuursvoorzitster'}, {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'executiva en cap'} +17
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Female form of label: генеральна директорка"
  4. 26d ago · Franzekafka · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 1030304009
    Male form of label → {'lang': 'pt-br', 'text': 'diretor executivo'}, {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'رئيس تنفيذي'}, {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'generalinis direktorius'} +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Male form of label: генеральна директорка"
  5. 7w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → chief-executive-officers
    Wikidata description → highest-ranking officer of an organization
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: chief-executive-officers, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289923115|chief executive officers (#289923115)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/ca"
  6. 16w ago · Remo Prinz · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → https://verwaltungsrats-lexikon.vrmandat.com/ceo/
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Described at url: https://verwaltungsrats-lexikon.vrmandat.com/ceo/, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1781680755765"
  7. 20w ago · Tholzheim · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Factgrid item id → Kirvesniemi
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Factgrid item id: Q1743672, adds FactGrid ID"
  8. 20w ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isco-08 occupation class → 1120
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33365|batch #33365]]: isco inferences from esco"
  9. 21w ago · Stuartyeates · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Chief executive officers
    Instance of → corporate title, legal term or legal concept, profession +1
    Next lower rank → director general
    Subclass of → chief officer, leader of organization
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Library of congress authority id: sh87002532"
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