This dimension sorts business figures by the role they actually held, a founder, an owner or an investor. Wikipedia notes that a businessperson is someone who "has founded, owns, or holds shares in (including as an angel investor) a private-sector company." Browsing by role compares figures who held the same kind of position.
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1. Wikipedia: Chief executive officer
WikipediaChief executive officer, Etymology sectionQuote, Chief executive officer, Etymology section
The 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 branches
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