Home›Founder and Executive›Era›By Decade›1860sBrowse By1860sFacts1860sSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonOriginating EraWell-attested1782 11860sFilter Results16 entriesRoleAllChief Executives and Senior Executives (1)Company Founders and Co-founders (8)Industrialists and Business Magnates (2)Inventor-Entrepreneurs (2)Investors and Financiers (1)NationalityAllAustria (1)Germany (2)Italy (1)Japan (1)Switzerland (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (9)IndustryAllAerospace Industry (1)Automotive Industry (4)Chemical Industry (1)Cosmetics Industry (2)Electronics Industry (1)Glass Industry (1)Information Technology Industry (1)Jewelry Industry (1)Legal Services Industry (1)Mining Industry (1)Pharmaceutical Industry (2)Pharmacy Industry (1)Railroad Industry (1)Technology Industry (1)Companies FoundedAllCurtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company (1)Dodge (2)Ferranti (1)Ford Motor Company (1)Newmont Corporation (1)Oldsmobile (1)Olivetti (1)Sperry Corporation (1)Swarovski (1)Companies LedAllBayer (1)Beiersdorf (1)Ford Motor Company (1)Tobu Railway (1)Theories DevelopedAllCravath System (1)Fordism (1)Practice DisciplineAllEntrepreneurship (5)Finance (1)Legal and Compliance (1)Management (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 16Augustus Moore Herring1860sCamillo Olivetti1860sCarl Duisberg1860sDaniel Swarovski1860sElmer Ambrose Sperry1860sFritz Hoffmann-La Roche1860sHenry Ford1860sHorace Elgin Dodge1860sJohn Francis Dodge1860sMadam C. J. Walker1860sNezu KaichirÅ1860sOscar Troplowitz1860sPaul Drennan Cravath1860sRansom E. Olds1860sSebastian Ziani de Ferranti1860sWilliam Boyce Thompson1860sSources1. 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.