Watching news on the Internet every day has become a habit of many people in their daily lives. But when reading about the company positions held by some characters, it is easy to make people feel confused - president, director, general manager, CEO, board chairman, as well as COO, CFO, CTO, CKO, etc.
A while ago, Alibaba's chairman Jack Ma resigned from the position of Alibaba's chairman, and his heir was Zhang Yong , and Zhang Yong was previously CEO of Alibaba.
Here are two positions terms: Chairman of the Board and CEO.
In a very large company, the company composition is relatively complex. First is the board of directors, which consists of many directors, who are the bosses of the company, and these people appoint a chairman of the board through internal elections or recommendations. Generally speaking, the chairman of the board of directors holds the company's "life and death power" and is also the person with the largest number of shares in the company.
The second is the CEO who is very familiar to everyone, namely CEO , which was formerly called general manager. This position is similar to a commander, the highest executive leader and the highest decision-maker in the company. He is appointed by the board of directors and is employed by the company.
but will also be fired by the board of directors. There are many companies that have the same CEO and chairman of the board of directors, such as Microsoft Bill Gates .
If someone gives you a business card that says "CxO", then he is most likely to be the leader of the company department. If it is the chief financial officer, it is the CFO, the chief operating officer is the COO, and the leader of the technical department is the CTO, the chief knowledge officer is the CKO. According to the needs of the company, many different "chief XX officers" will be derived.
Each "CxO" has different importance to the company. In a technology company, CTO is a very important existence; in a financial company, CFO has a very high status; in traditional companies, COO is a position second only to CEO.
There is also a position called "President". In the modern corporate system, the president is also directly appointed by the chairman and has the company's daily executive power.
These company positions are not so much a division of power, but rather a boundary of obligations. In daily life, when facing various and unknown company positions, it is best to take more hands-on and see the roles and responsibilities of these positions themselves so that they will not be misled by the various titles.
