CEO

Board member, for short

• Another co. big shot

• AT&T has one

• B school commencement speaker, maybe

• B&N's Steve Riggio, e.g.

• Bank honcho, e.g.

• Barrons reader

• Big boss

• Big boss at a big corp.

• Big cheese

• Big decision maker, say

• Big shot on the board

• Big suit

• Big suit, briefly

• Big suit, for short

• Big wheel

• Big wheel in a bus.

• Bill Gates, e.g.

• Bill Gates, e.g.: Abbr.

• Bill Gates, for one

• Biz biggie

• Board big shot, briefly

• Board head: abbr.

• Board honcho

• Board leader, sometimes (abbr.)

• Board mem., usually

• Board member, usually

• Board of Dir. member, usually

• Board of directors hiree

• Board room VIP

• Boardroom bigwig

• Boardroom bigwig, briefly

• Boardroom boss

• Boardroom exec.

• Boardroom regular

• Bonus recipient, often

• Boss of bosses

• Bus. big shot

• Bus. bigwig

• Bus. driver

• Bus. honcho

• Bus. leader

• Bus. mogul

• Bus. position

• Bus. suite doorplate letters, perhaps

• Bus. V.I.P.

• Business big

• Business biggie

• Business bigwig: Abbr.

• Business head

• Business ldr.

• Business leader: Abbr.

• Business suite doorplate letters, perhaps

• Business V.I.P.

• Capt. of industry

• Captain of industry

• Certain VIP

• Chairman of Air Canada, or C.N. (abbr.)

• Chart topper?

• Chief exec.

• Co. bigwig

• Co. captain

• Co. commander

• Co. head

• Co. honcho

• Co. kingpin

• Co. leader

• Co. overseer

• Co. star?

• Co. top dog

• Co. VIP

• Company big shot

• Company bigwig

• Company boss

• Company boss, initially

• Company exec.

• Company head

• Company head, for short

• Company head: Abbr.

• Company honcho

• Company V.I.P.

• Company's top VIP

• Corner office occupier

• Corp, exec

• Corp. big cheese

• Corp. big enchilada

• Corp. big shot

• Corp. biggie

• Corp. boss

• Corp. chairman

• Corp. chief

• Corp. decision maker

• Corp. director

• Corp. head honcho

• Corp. helmsman

• Corp. jet passenger

• Corp. ladder leader

• Corp. ladder topper

• Corp. numero uno

• Corp. suit

• Corp. titan

• Corp.'s top dog

• Corporate biggie, briefly

• Corporate bigwig

• Corporate boss: Abbr.

• Corporate decision-maker, for short

• Corporate exec

• Corporate head, for short

• Corporate kahuna, for short

• Corporate leader: Abbr.

• Corporate shot-caller

• Corporate top dog

• Corporate V.I.P.

• Corporation boss

• Corporation's top person: Abbr.

• David Geffen, e.g.

• Decision maker (abbr.)

• Dream title for an MBA

• Every co. has one

• Executive letters

• Firm figure?

• Firm head

• Firm head, briefly

• Firm VIP

• First suit?

• Forbes profilee

• Forbes profilee, sometimes

• Fortune cover subj.

• Fortune cover subject

• Fortune magazine subj., perhaps

• Fortune profilee

• Fortune profilee, for short

• Fortune reader, perhaps

• Fortune subj.

• Gates or Eisner, e.g.

• Golden parachute beneficiary

• Golden parachute holder, perhaps

• Golden parachute receiver, maybe: Abbr.

• Golden parachute recipient (3)

• He bosses the Pres.

• Head boss, initially

• Head cheese?

• Head honcho

• Head honcho, briefly

• Head honcho: abbr.

• Head of 182 companies

• Head of a board: Abbr.

• Head of the co.

• Head's letters

• Headhunter's big recruit, for short

• Hierarchy chart's top box

• Hierarchy-chart topper

• High-ranking suit

• Highest-ranking suit

• Honcho

• Hostile takeover figure

• Howard Stringer at Sony, e.g.

• Inc. profilee

• Ind. leader

• Intel's Paul S. Otellini, e.g.

• Jeff Bezos or Meg Whitman

• Jeff Bezos, to Amazon.com

• Jeffrey Skilling's position, once

• Jim Irsay, for one

• Jobs at Apple, e.g.

• Jobs at Apple: Abbr.

• Jobs or Buffett, e.g.

• Jobs, vis-

• Jobs' job (abbr.)

• Ken Lay's former title

• L. Iacocca was one

• Leading suit?

• Limo figure, maybe

• Limo rider, perhaps

• M.B.A. holder, maybe

• M.B.A.'s dream position

• Major suit

• Many a B school graduate

• Many a corner office holder, for short

• Many a Fortune profilee, for short

• Mark McCormack, for example

• MBA's goal, perhaps

• Mgmt. bigwig

• Michael McNeely, for the Chargers

• Mr. Big or Ms. Big

• Netflix's Reed Hastings, e.g

• Office VIP

• One driving a bus.?

• One in charge

• One of the brass (abbr.)

• One with a corner office, usually

• Organization biggie, briefly

• Outfit's biggest suit

• Person with a corner ofc., maybe

• Person with a golden parachute, perhaps

• Pooh-bah hired by a board of directors

• Pres., perhaps

• Prez's boss

• Private jet V.I.P., maybe

• Rick Wagoner, notably

• Robert Eaton, vis-a-vis Chrysler Corp.

• Samuel Palmisano, at IBM

• Short suit?

• Steve Ballmer, at Microsoft

• Steve Ballmer, to Microsoft (abbr.)

• Steve Jobs, for one

• Steven Ballmer, notably

• Steven Ballmer, Steven Jobs, or Steven Appleton

• Stock option recipient (inits.)

• Subj. of a Fortune profile

• Suit that trumps all others?

• Suit with an MBA, maybe

• Superior suit?

• The Boss' initials

• Tim Cook, e.g., since last month

• Tommy Mottola at Sony Music, e.g.

• Top banana, for short

• Top corporate exec.

• Top dog

• Top dog at Air Canada or CN, for short

• Top dog at Alpo

• Top dog, for short

• Top exec

• Top executive

• Top of a ladder?: Abbr.

• Top of an org chart

• Top of the corp. ladder

• Top-of-the-line suit?

• Universal's Doug Morris, for instance

• VIP at the top of a ladder

• VIP in business

• VIP who may have an MBA

• VIP with an MBA, often

• VIP with an MBA, perhaps

• Wall St. VIP

• Wharton grad's aspiration, maybe

• Woman on top, perhaps

• Yahoo's Jerry Yang, until late 2008

• May appoint other managers (including a president)

• The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm

• Reports to a board of directors