Meanings
plural C-suites
- managementThe group of officers of a business organization who have the word chief in their titles.
Near-synonym: CXO
1 more example
THE customer is king. So some firms have started appointing chief customer officers (CCOs) to serve the king more attentively. These new additions to the (already crowded) C-suite are supposed to look at the business from the customer’s point of view.
2012 September 22, “Schumpeter: The magic of good service”, in The Economist - managementSenior headquarters executives: the chiefs and their immediate subordinates.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe group of officers of a business organization who have the word chief in their titles.
Origin
Translations
Portuguese diretor
- diretorthose with chief in their business titles
Russian топ-ме́неджмент
- топ-ме́неджмент (top-ménedžment)those with chief in their business titles
Cite this entry
C-suite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/C-suite
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