co-CEO

noun

One of the chief executive officers in a shared leadership structure.

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Meanings

nounco-CEO (plural co-CEOs)

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

Origin

From co- + CEO.

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APA

co-CEO. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/co-CEO

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“co-CEO.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/co-CEO. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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