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'C-level' (also 'C-Suite', colloquially) is an adjective used in a variety of industries to refer to "chief" or highest-level executives. The term arises from an urge to group together the alphabet soup of acronyms (CEO, CFO, COO, etc.) found in the upper echelons of the corporate world.
C-level positions are:

★ Chief Executive Officer ('CEO')

★ Chief Ethics Officer

★ Chief Administrative Officer ('CAO')

★ Chief Accounting Officer ('CAO')

★ Chief Analytics Officer ('CAO')

★ Chief Compliance Officer ('CCO')

★ Chief Operating Officer ('COO')

★ Chief Financial Officer ('CFO')

★ Chief Information Officer ('CIO')

★ Chief Data Officer ('CDO')

★ Chief Networking Officer ('CNO')

★ Chief Technology Officer or Chief Technical Officer ('CTO')

★ Chief Customer Officer ('CCO')

★ Chief Knowledge Officer ('CKO')

★ Chief Legal Officer ('CLO')

★ Chief Marketing Officer ('CMO')

★ Chief Privacy Officer ('CPO')

★ Chief Receptionist Officer ('CRO')

★ Chief Software Architect ('CSA')

★ Chief Scientific Officer ('CSO')

★ Chief Security Officer ('CSO')

★ Chief Visionary Officer ('CVO')

★ Chief Experience Officer ('CXO')
Collectively these titles are sometimes known as "CxO".

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See also

★ Corporate officer

★ Corporate title

★ Corporate governance

★ Executive compensation

★ Managing director