variants or less commonly C-Suite or c-suite
plural C-suites also C-Suites or c-suites
: an organization's top-level executives (such as the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, etc.) considered as a group
The company also expanded its C-suite, with its new chief technology officer located in Houston.
—often used before another noun
C-suite executives/leaders

Examples of C-suite in a Sentence

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But with big C-suite changes and a major raft of job cuts, Netflix investors will be looking to the outlook for engagement. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026 Rice’s reputation as the rare C-suite suit with both taste and talent-friendliness followed him out of Disney to a non-exclusive production and co-financing deal with A24 for both TV and film. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026 Netflix’s flurry of C-suite changes (Peter Rice in, Bela Bajaria and others out) along with its deepest round of layoffs since 2022 are setting the company on a new path – but to where? — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026 When a bank has an open C-suite seat, the instinct is to canvass the market, or hire an executive recruiter, to find a banker to fill it. — Paul Davis, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for C-suite

Word History

Etymology

after the C in the initials of such executives' titles, as CEO (chief executive officer) and COO (chief operating officer)

First Known Use

1998, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of C-suite was in 1998

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“C-suite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/C-suite. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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