Definition of "chief operating officer" []

• A corporate officer of a corporation, company, or agency, responsible for executing decisions of the chief executive officer (CEO) according to their decided schedule; often initialised as COO. (noun)

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• "Bob Dickinson, president and chief operating officer at Carnival Cruise Lines, reports half of its clients are first-time cruisers, while 80 percent of the other half have previously cruised with Carnival."
• "After a stint as president of feature films at Lorimar (Being There, An Officer and a Gentleman), Mr. Picker produced movies independently before joining David Puttnam at Columbia as president and chief operating officer (Hope and Glory, School Daze, Punchline)."
• "Larry Leibowitz, chief operating officer of NYSE Euronext."