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executive vice president

executive vice president

29 5.3
A senior manager who leads major company divisions and reports to the CEO
  • noun
  • /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt/
  • US
translation icon : vicepresidente ejecutivo
  • In a statement released by the team, Loomis, the Hornets' executive vice president, said Demps' future is bright.
  • executive vice president and chief

She thinks she's going to become executive vice president or maybe CEO, and then, whoops, she finds out she can't.

Examples

  • This is Theodore Bell, our executive vice president.

    Preacher's Kid (2010)

  • Robert Woodruff hired him as executive vice president in charge of bottler relations.

    Academic text (2014)

  • So I am the executive vice president of talent, live events and creative.

  • I want to make him my executive vice president.

    Under New Management (2009)

  • Buddy Ackerman, senior executive vice president of production.

    Swimming with Sharks (1994)

  • After all, Buddy is the senior executive vice president of production for Keystone.

    Swimming with Sharks (1994)

  • One of the speakers was the executive vice president for HR at a Fortune 200 company.

    Blog text (8)

  • Norman B. Anderson is the executive vice president and CEO of the American Psychological Association.

    Blog text (27)

  • David Wallerstein, the senior executive vice president and head of international at Tencent.

    Blog text (26)

  • As the executive vice president of marketing, she oversees all advertising campaigns.

Synonyms

vice president
vsexecutive vice president
352 3.4

A senior leader who is second in charge and takes over when the leader is away

has clearer executive power and direct responsibility for divisions
senior vice president
vsexecutive vice president
31 3.9

A top company manager who leads major divisions and ranks above other vice presidents

has formal executive authority and often manages major divisions
business executive
vsexecutive vice president
14 3.5

A senior manager in a company who makes important decisions and leads its work

is a specific deputy position with formal executive control over divisions
corporate executive
vsexecutive vice president
12 4.5

A senior manager who makes important plans and decisions for a company

is a titled deputy role combining executive status and divisional oversight
veep
vsexecutive vice president
  • Slang
6 8.4

A person who is the vice president in government or business

is the formal executive position with defined managerial authority
V.P.
vsexecutive vice president
3.4

A person who helps run a company and ranks just below the president

is the full role that carries executive duties and divisional control

How Senior

president
  • US
355 3.0
executive vice president
  • US
29 5.3
vice president
352 3.4

Surface Forms

executive vice president singular
executive vice presidents plural

Morphology

executive + vice + president

The meaning is compositionally derived: 'vice president' denotes a deputy or subordinate president and 'executive' indicates high managerial authority, so an 'executive vice president' is a vice president with executive responsibilities. The components (and the cognate 'vice' found in many languages) make this construction predictable for learners who know the constituent words.

Etymology

The job title executive vice president comes from its parts: executive, meaning someone who runs things, vice, a word meaning 'in place of' or 'deputy', and president. So an executive vice president is a senior deputy who actually runs major parts of the company and can act 'in place of' the president when needed.