Home›Founder and Executive›Era›By Decade›1880sBrowse By1880sFacts1880sSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonOriginating EraWell-attested1782 11880sFilter Results17 entriesRoleAllCompany Founders and Co-founders (11)Industrialists and Business Magnates (3)Inventor-Entrepreneurs (1)NationalityAllFrance (4)Germany (3)Italy (1)Japan (1)South Africa (1)United Kingdom (3)United States (6)IndustryAllAerospace Industry (8)Apparel Industry (2)Automotive Industry (3)Diamond Industry (1)Film Industry (1)Gold Mining Industry (1)Perfume Industry (1)Publishing Industry (1)Companies FoundedAllAnglo American plc (1)Bendix Corporation (1)Bugatti (1)Cessna (1)Chanel (1)Dornier Flugzeugwerke (1)Faber & Faber (1)Fairey Aviation Company (1)Handley Page (1)Heinkel (1)Hugo Boss (1)Latécoère (1)Nissan Motor Company (1)Piper Aircraft (1)Pratt & Whitney (1)Warner Bros. Pictures (1)Companies LedAllAnglo American plc (1)Chanel (1)De Beers (1)Handley Page (1)Heinkel (1)Piper Aircraft (1)Warner Bros. Pictures (1)Practice DisciplineAllEntrepreneurship (9)Finance (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 17Charles Richard Fairey1880sClaude Dornier1880sClessie Cummins1880sCoco Chanel1880sErnest Oppenheimer1880sErnst Heinkel1880sEttore Bugatti1880sFrederick Handley Page1880sFrederick Rentschler1880sGeoffrey Faber1880sHarry Warner1880sHugo Boss (businessman)1880sPierre-Georges Latécoère1880sVictor Roos1880sVincent Bendix1880sWilliam T. Piper1880sYoshisuke Aikawa1880sSources1. 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.