Home›Founder and Executive›Era›By Decade›1840sBrowse By1840sFacts1840sSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonOriginating EraWell-attested1782 11840sFilter Results6 entriesRoleAllCompany Founders and Co-founders (2)Industrialists and Business Magnates (3)Inventor-Entrepreneurs (1)NationalityAllFrance (1)Germany (1)Japan (1)Sweden (1)United States (2)IndustryAllAutomotive Industry (1)Coal Industry (1)Mining Industry (1)Shipbuilding Industry (1)Steel Industry (2)Telecommunications Equipment Industry (1)Trading Company Industry (1)Companies FoundedAllBath Iron Works (1)Ericsson (1)Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (1)Peugeot (1)RWE AG (1)ThyssenKrupp (1)U.S. Steel (1)Companies LedAllBath Iron Works (1)Carnegie Steel Company (1)Ericsson (1)Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (1)ThyssenKrupp (1)Practice DisciplineAllEntrepreneurship (3)Finance (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 6Armand Peugeot1840sAugust Thyssen1840sHenry Clay Frick1840sLars Magnus Ericsson1840sMasuda Takashi1840sThomas W. Hyde1840sSources1. Wikipedia: Chief executive officertier 2WikipediaChief executive officer, Etymology sectionQuote, Chief executive officer, Etymology sectionThe term 'chief executive officer' is attested as early as 1782, when an ordinance of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States used the term to refer to governors and other leaders of the executive branchesView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.