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a CEO vs the CEO

Both 'a CEO' and 'the CEO' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'A CEO' is used when referring to any CEO in a general sense, while 'the CEO' is used when referring to a specific CEO that has already been mentioned or is known within the context.

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a CEO

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to any CEO in a general sense.

Use 'a CEO' when talking about any CEO in a general way without specifying a particular individual.

Examples:

A CEO must make tough decisions.
She aspires to become a CEO one day.

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I, too, am a CEO of a popular restaurant.
He needs to go there because he can't stand on his record a a CEO.
Building better products that lead to higher sales and fatter margins is the traditional way for a CEO to push up the price of his stock.
Maybe it's not so surprising that he became a CEO.
This is real bad for a CEO who's only been in charge for five minutes.
Being a CEO doesn't leave me a lot of free time.
He needs to go there because he can't stand on his record as a CEO.
And it was widely considered that he would one day hold a CEO title of his own.
Never seen a CEO cry like that before, except at his sentencing.
On the other hand, as we've learned from the past 40 years of slow growth and record stock buybacks, not even an infinite supply of capital can persuade a CEO to hire more workers absent demand for the products and services they produce.
First and foremost InnLab taught me the necessary discipline to tackle your job every day. It taught me that a CEO has to set a visionbefore the start.
Stop thinking like a son and start thinking like a CEO.
and, by the way, I've now got huge computation capabilities in Mathematica, and I'm a CEO with some worldly resources to do large, seemingly crazy, projects -
This man is a CEO of a privately-held firm.
When I was a CEO, I had an array of masculine sneezes that asserted dominance.
He is a CEO after all.
It's about a lamb that marries a CEO.
I think I finally respect you as a CEO.
We've got lawyers, a CEO, a few journalists.
Mark Zuckerberg never brought in a CEO, and he was a teenager.

Alternatives:

a chief executive officer
a company's CEO
a CEO of a multinational corporation
a successful CEO
a female CEO

the CEO

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a specific CEO that has already been mentioned or is known within the context.

Use 'the CEO' when referring to a specific CEO that has been previously mentioned or is known within the context.

Examples:

The CEO of the company will be attending the conference.
She spoke to the CEO about the new project.

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And finally the CEO of Schuster Ritter.
That's Erica Vandeman, the CEO of Ribocore Pharmaceutical.
Responsible for filing this report rests with the CEO.
Because that's basically what the CEO does.
He's the CEO of Dorado Hills Investments.
He's the CEO of a powerful company.
Page 23, the CEO of flash-start.
He was the CEO of a rival gaming company.
Bennett Herreshoff, the CEO of Princefield, was conducting an internal investigation on Naomi Walling.
I was the CEO of a company, sir.
Without the other wiretap, they don't have enough against the CEO.
He is the CEO of Japan's largest renewable resources company.
Yes, he's the CEO of British Petroleum.
He already handles the day-to-day, but his father-in-law's still the CEO.
All employees, including the CEO.
I thought you were the CEO.
He's the CEO of Herald Equity.
I am the CEO of LOC Pharmaceuticals.
Justin Claybourne, the CEO of the pharmaceutical company that manufactures it.
He's only the CEO of Blue Zone Cosmetics.

Alternatives:

the chief executive officer
the company's CEO
the CEO of the multinational corporation
the successful CEO
the female CEO

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