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What is a CEO?

the name of p>CEO comes from Britain, and its enterprises and government departments call its head Chief Executive, and later it becomes Chief Executive Officer.

Chief Executive Officer, also known as chief executive officer, chief executive officer, president or chief executive officer (English: CEO), is the highest executive who is responsible for daily affairs in an enterprise. Their professionalism and leadership make the company's shareholder representatives (directors) willing to hire them to take charge of the company's operation and management, and be responsible to the company and shareholders.

he is responsible to the company's (shareholder representative) board of directors, and may often be a member of the board of directors. Have the ultimate executive power within the company or organization. In a relatively small enterprise, the CEO may be the chairman of the board of directors and the president of the company at the same time, but in a large enterprise, these positions are often held by different people, so as to prevent individuals from playing too big a role and having too much power in the enterprise, and at the same time, to avoid conflicts of interest between the company itself and the owners of the company (that is, shareholders).