Home›Founder and Executive›Era›By Decade›1900sBrowse By1900sFacts1900sSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonOriginating EraWell-attested1782 11900sFilter Results17 entriesRoleAllChief Executives and Senior Executives (2)Company Founders and Co-founders (12)Industrialists and Business Magnates (2)NationalityAllAustria (1)France (1)Germany (4)Italy (1)Japan (2)United Kingdom (1)United States (8)IndustryAllAerospace Industry (2)Apparel Industry (2)Automotive Industry (2)Electronics Industry (2)Fast Food Industry (1)Footwear Industry (1)Information Technology Industry (2)Media and Entertainment Industry (1)Publishing Industry (1)Restaurant Industry (1)Retail Industry (1)Sporting Goods Industry (1)Weapons Industry (1)Companies FoundedAllAdidas AG (1)Beechcraft (2)British Leyland (1)Christian Dior SE (1)Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation (1)Heckler & Koch (1)McDonald's Corporation (3)Otto Group (1)ProQuest (1)Sanyo (1)Sony (1)Walt Disney Animation Studios (1)Companies LedAllAdidas AG (1)Beechcraft (1)McDonald's Corporation (1)Olivetti (1)Otto Group (1)Porsche AG (1)Sanyo (1)Sony (1)Practice DisciplineAllEntrepreneurship (12)Marketing (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 17Adolf Dassler1900sAdriano Olivetti1900sChristian Dior1900sEdmund Heckler1900sEugene Power1900sFerry Porsche1900sGeorge Harriman1900sJohn Mauchly1900sMasaru Ibuka1900sMaurice McDonald1900sOlive Ann Beech1900sRay Kroc1900sRichard McDonald1900sTed A. Wells1900sToshio Iue1900sWalt Disney1900sWerner Otto (entrepreneur)1900sSources1. 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.