Home›Founder and Executive›Era›By Decade›1920sBrowse By1920sFacts1920sSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonOriginating EraWell-attested1782 11920sFilter Results22 entriesRoleAllChief Executives and Senior Executives (3)Company Founders and Co-founders (15)Industrialists and Business Magnates (3)Investors and Financiers (1)NationalityAllCanada (2)China (1)France (1)Germany (3)Japan (1)Malaysia (1)Poland (1)Sweden (1)United Kingdom (2)United States (10)Wales (1)IndustryAllAerospace Industry (1)Apparel Industry (2)Automotive Industry (3)Consumer Electronics Industry (1)Engineering Industry (1)Film Industry (1)Furniture Industry (1)Household Products Industry (2)Luxury Goods Industry (1)Perfume Industry (1)Publishing Industry (1)Real Estate Industry (2)Retail Industry (1)Shipping and Logistics Industry (1)Technology Industry (3)Companies FoundedAllAmway Corp (2)Atari Corporation (1)Commodore International (1)Cosworth (1)Cray (1)Digital Equipment Corporation (2)Gap Inc. (1)Givenchy (1)IKEA (1)Laura Ashley (company) (1)Lotus Cars (1)Simon Property Group, Inc. (1)Sony (1)Spar Aerospace (1)Companies LedAllAmway Corp (2)Bertelsmann (1)Commodore International (1)Continental AG (1)Cosworth (1)Cray (1)Digital Equipment Corporation (1)Gap Inc. (1)IKEA (1)KUKA (1)Novell (1)Sony (1)Spar Aerospace (1)Volkswagen Group (1)Practice DisciplineAllEntrepreneurship (13)Finance (1)Management (3)Marketing (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 22Akio Morita1920sCarl Hahn1920sColin Chapman1920sDonald Fisher1920sHarald Quandt1920sHarlan Anderson1920sHubert de Givenchy1920sIngvar Kamprad1920sJack Tramiel1920sJay Van Andel1920sJohn C. Bogle1920sKen Olsen1920sLarry Clarke1920sLaura Ashley1920sLi Ka-shing1920sMelvin Simon1920sMike Costin1920sRay Noorda1920sReinhard Mohn1920sRichard DeVos1920sRobert Kuok1920sSeymour Cray1920sSources1. 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.