Corporate titles or business titles are given to company and organization officials to show what duties and responsibilities they have in the organization. Such titles are used by publicly and privately held for-profit corporations. In addition, many non-profit organizations, educational institutions, partnerships, and sole proprietorships also confer corporate titles.
The chief operating officer (COO), also called the chief operations officer, is one of the highest-ranking executive positions in an organization, comprising part of the "C-Suite". The COO is responsible for the daily operation of the company, and routinely reports to the highest-ranking executive, usually the chief executive officer (CEO).
Jeffrey Robert Immelt is an American business executive currently working as a venture partner at New Enterprise Associates. He stepped down as CEO of the U.S.-based conglomerate General Electric (GE) on August 1, 2017 and retired from his position as chairman of the board of GE on October 2, 2017. He was selected as GE's CEO by their board of directors in 2000 to replace Jack Welch upon Welch's retirement from GE. Previously, Immelt had headed up GE's Medical Systems division as its president and CEO.
Robert Allen Iger is an American media executive and film producer who is Executive Chairman of The Walt Disney Company, having served as CEO from 2005 to 2020. Before working for Disney, Iger served as the President of ABC Television from 1994 to 1995, and as President/COO of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. from 1995 until Disney's acquisition of the company in 1996.
Sir Howard Stringer is a British-American businessman. He served as chairman of the board, chairman, president and CEO of Sony Corporation. He is also the head of the board of trustees of the American Film Institute and now serves as a non-executive director of the BBC.
Klaus-Christian Kleinfeld was chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Arconic. Kleinfeld is former chairman and CEO of Alcoa Inc., and former president and CEO of Siemens AG. Kleinfeld stepped down as chairman and CEO of Arconic on 17 April 2017. In October 2017, he was revealed as the director of the Saudi Arabia's NEOM initiative. It was announced in July 2018 that Kleinfeld would be promoted from Director of Neom to advisor of Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman on 1 August 2018. Nadhmi Al-Nasr would be succeeding as Director of Neom.
Edward Earl Whitacre Jr. is the former Chairman and CEO of General Motors. He is also a former chairman of the board and chief executive officer of AT&T Inc., previously Southwestern Bell Corporation (SBC). He served as national president of the Boy Scouts of America from 1998 to 2000. On September 1, 2010, Whitacre stepped down as CEO, and retired as chairman of the board by the end of 2010.
Richard Dean "Dick" Parsons, an American business executive, is the former chairman of Citigroup and the former chairman and CEO of Time Warner. He stepped down as CEO of Time Warner on December 31, 2007. He was previously the interim CEO of the Los Angeles Clippers NBA franchise. In September 2018, Parsons became the Interim Chairman of the Board for CBS replacing Les Moonves. On October 21, 2018, he resigned for health reasons from CEO at CBS and was replaced by Strauss Zelnick.
Robert Steven "Steve" Miller Jr. is an American businessman. He is chief executive officer of Hawker Beechcraft, non-executive chairman at American International Group and on the board of directors at Symantec.
Martin J. Sullivan, OBE,, is the former Deputy Chairman of Willis Group Holdings plc and Chairman and CEO of its, Willis Global Solutions, which oversees brokerage and risk management advisory services for Willis’s multinational and global accounts. He also previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of American International Group, Inc.
Joseph J. Grano Jr. is an American businessperson.
Patrick T Stokes is the former Chairman and CEO of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. He served as President and CEO from 2002 to December 2006 and Chairman from December 2006 to November 2008.
Tom Glocer is an American business executive and the former CEO of Thomson Reuters and Reuters.
Peter Löscher is an Austrian manager and former president, Global Human Health at global pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. He was appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of Siemens on 20 May 2007 as the successor of Klaus Kleinfeld, and was selected to take on the new position on 1 July 2007. As of 2017, Löscher remains as the only CEO to be hired from outside the conglomerate in the 170-year history of Siemens.
Jerry W. Levin, is an American businessman.
Douglas M. Baker Jr. is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Ecolab, Inc., a Fortune 500 company in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services.
Chi-Won Yoon is a South Korean financier and executive. Formerly president of UBS Group Asia Pacific, he stepped down in 2016 after nearly seven years in the position to take a sabbatical.
Antonio Vázquez Romero is a Spanish airline executive. He is the Chairman of International Airlines Group since May 2010.
Kasper Rørsted is the CEO of German sportwear firm Adidas.
Ann Marie Sarnoff is an American television executive. She became the chairperson and CEO of Warner Bros. in the summer of 2019. Sarnoff is the first woman to hold the position at the company.
