corporate executive

Company top brass

A corporate executive is a senior manager who makes major decisions for a company—typically a CEO, CFO, or other C-suite officer.

The term emphasizes both the business context and the high rank: Corporate executives gathered for the annual leadership summit.

Often shortened to just executive in context.

business

CEO

Top corporate officer

  • CFOTop corporate money officer
  • COOTop operations executive
  • boardroomCorporate decision venue

merger · acquisition · shareholder · stakeholder · multinational · enterprise · IPO · quarterly earnings · dividend · revenue

leadership

visionary

Imaginative planner of futures

mentorship · innovation · accountability · stewardship · delegation · directive · transformational · pioneering · team-building · foresight

compensation

six-figure salary

severance package · equity · signing bonus · perks · company car · expense account · retirement package · deferred compensation · profit-sharing · benefits package

attire

power suit

Formal clothing conveying authority

bespoke · double-breasted · Savile Row · cufflinks · wingtips · briefcase · Rolex · tie clip · lapel pin · designer

lifestyle

affluent

Having abundant financial resources

penthouse · yacht · golf · networking · gala · philanthropy · exclusive · prestigious · chauffeur · concierge

Categories
Opposites
organizational hierarchy

corporate executivejunior staff

Low-ranking employees

hourly worker · intern · mailroom clerk · subordinate · temp worker

business scale and structure

corporate executivesole proprietor

Single owner of business

independent contractor · freelancer · street vendor · family business · artisan

economic class and labor relations

corporate executiveblue-collar worker

Manual labor employee

proletarian · factory hand · wage slave · labor organizer · rank and file

Family

corporate, executive, corporation, corporations, corporately, corporatism, corporatist, incorporate, incorporated

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