Referring Clues

• Corp. honcho
• Wharton grad's aspiration, maybe
• Bill Gates, e.g.: Abbr.
• Corp. numero uno
• Capt. of industry
• Business big
• Head of a board: Abbr.
• Corp. bigshot
• Top of the corp. ladder
• Subj. of a Fortune profile
• Corporate V.I.P.
• Mr. Big or Ms. Big
• Fortune cover subj.
• AT&T has one
• M.B.A. holder, maybe
• Corp. bigwig
• Corp. biggie
• Biz bigwig
• Head boss, initially
• Firm head
• Fortune profilee, for short
• Business V.I.P.
• Headhunter's big recruit, for short
• Private jet V.I.P., maybe
• Bus. driver?
• Company V.I.P.
• Corp. top dog
• Corp. V.I.P.
• Board honcho
• Corp. head
• Fortune subj.
• Golden parachute receiver, maybe: Abbr.
• Head honcho
• Major suit
• Big suit
• Board of directors hiree
• One driving a bus.?
• Top suit?
• Co. captain?
• First suit?
• Many a corner office holder, for short
• Hierarchy chart's top box
• Pooh-bah hired by a board of directors
• Corp.'s top dog
• Company bigwig
• Biz biggie
• Corporate bigwig
• Jeff Bezos, to Amazon.com
• Corporate VIP
• Steven Ballmer, Steven Jobs, or Steven Appleton
• Co. bigwig
• Stock option recipient (inits.)
• VIP who may have an MBA
• "Forbes" profilee
• Head honcho, briefly
• Corp. VIP
• Bus. boss
• Bus. bigwig
• Corp. decision maker
• Co. overseer
• Head of the co.
• Big shot on the board
• Steve Ballmer, to Microsoft (abbr.)
• VIP at the top of a ladder
• Top suit
• Corp. big shot
• Co. leader
• Corp. boss
• Boardroom bigwig
• Corporate kahuna, for short
• Inc. profilee
• VIP with an MBA, perhaps
• Many a B school graduate
• B school commencement speaker, maybe
• Person with a golden parachute, perhaps
• Business VIP
• Woman on top, perhaps
• B&N's Steve Riggio, e.g.
• Dream title for an MBA
• Highest-ranking suit
• Boardroom boss
• Fortune cover subject
• Ind. leader
• Co. commander
• Suit with an MBA, maybe
• Top-of-the-line suit?
• Firm figure?
• Bus. driver
• Big suit?
• Major suit?
• Corp. big enchilada
• Boardroom VIP
• Superior suit?
• Mgmt. bigwig
• Co. head
• Corp. suit
• Big wheel
• Corporate boss: Abbr.
• Corp. leader
• Bus. bigshot
• Firm head, briefly
• Top exec.
• Top corporate exec.
• Steve Ballmer, at Microsoft
• Corporate biggie, briefly
• Corporate top dog
• Jobs, vis-à-vis Apple Inc.
• Corp. helmsman
• Corporate shot-caller
• Organization biggie, briefly
• Top exec
• Executive letters
• Executive letters?
• Forbes profilee, sometimes
• MBA's goal, perhaps
• Board big shot, briefly
• Board leader, sometimes (abbr.)
• Board member, usually
• Business biggie
• Samuel Palmisano, at IBM
• Wall St. VIP
• One in charge
• Board mem., usually
• Big suit, briefly
• Office VIP
• Boardroom regular
• One of the brass (Abbr.)
• Golden parachute holder, perhaps
• Big boss
• Bus. leader
• Chief exec.
• Mr. Big
• Corporate exec
• Sr. executive
• High mucky muck, for short
• Top of a ladder?: Abbr.
• Corp. head honcho
• Outfit's biggest suit
• Corp. jet passenger
• Jobs at Apple, e.g.
• Tim Cook, e.g., since last month
• Corp. big wig
• Person with a corner ofc., maybe
• Big suit, for short
• Boss of bosses
• Many a Fortune profilee, for short
• Co. captain
• Biz boss
• Boss (Abbr.)
• Brass member (Abbr.)
• Corp. kingpin
• Co. top dog
• Co. honcho
• Firm VIP
• Bus. position
• Co. kingpin
• Corp. director
• Golden parachute beneficiary
• Co. VIP
• Business bigwig: Abbr.
• Corp.'s 8-Down
• Fortune profilee
• Top dog, for short
• Bill Gates at Microsoft, once (abbr.)
• Bezos or Buffett
• Organization chart topper
• VIP
• Corp. commander
• Fig. at the top of an organizational chart
• Jobs's job, once
• Head of GE, e.g.
• Larry Page, at Google
• Recall announcer, maybe
• Tim Cook's title
• Chart topper
• Subj. of a Fortune cover
• Business honcho
• Corporate fig.
• Co.'s top dog
• No. 1 suit
• Mary T. Barra's position at GM starting in 2014
• Tim Cook, at Apple
• Top-level suit?
• Big cheese
• G.M.'s Mary Barra, beginning in 2014
• He bosses the pres.
• Apple's Tim Cook, e.g.
• Business suite dooorplate letters, perhaps
• Company's head (abbr.)
• Top banana, briefly
• Corp. titan
• Company exec (abbr.)
• Firm cheese?
• Opening bell ringer at the NYSE, often
• Satya Nadella of Microsoft, e.g.
• Co. suit
• Buffett title: Abbr.
• Apple's Cook, e.g.
• Senior exec
• Disney's Bob Iger, e.g.
• Fast Company profilee, for short
• Corp. chieftain
• Business mag "For High Growth Ventures"
• Big wheel in a bus.
• Forbes profilee, for short
• Corporate bigwig, for short
• Buffett title
• Big boss, briefly
• Co. kahuna
• Board VIP
• G.M.'s Mary Barra, for one
• Corp. top banana
• Top of an outfit?
• Inc. cover subj.
• Top suit, for short
• Corp. ladder leader
• Michael Bloomberg or Jeff Bezos, for short
• Onetime title for Carly Fiorina
• Jeff Bezos, for Amazon
• One who might have a corner office, for short
• Driver of a bus.
• No. 1 in a company
• Mag for high-level leaders
• Inc. magazine subject
• Top corp. officer
• GM's Mary Barra, for one
• Co. biggie
• Fig. in annual reports
• Board hiree, for short
• Head of GM or GE
• Top corp. leader
• Rex Tillerson, to ExxonMobil, once (Abbr.)
• Bus. honcho
• Tillerson to ExxonMobil, once (Abbr.)
• Boardroom cheese?
• VIP with a corner office, perhaps
• One likely to have lots of perks
• Musk, to SpaceX and Tesla
• Annual report VIP
• Top 14-Across
• Rex Tillerson, to ExxonMobil, once
• Warren Buffett title
• Business exec. (Abbr.)
• Corp. exec.
• Hostile takeover figure
• Head's letters
• Captain of industry
• Jeffrey Skilling's position, once
• Business head
• Business ldr.
• Big boss at a big corp.
• Yahoo's Jerry Yang, until late 2008
• Fortune magazine subj., perhaps
• Netflix's Reed Hastings, e.g
• Forbes 400 member, often
• Big shot in the office
• Susan Wojcicki, for YouTube
• Co. big shot
• Bezos or Buffett, e.g.
• Wall St. honcho
• Wall St. bigwig
• Highest suit?
• Corporation boss
• Cook of Apple, e.g.
• Rich cheese, often?
• Musk of SpaceX, e.g.
• Kenneth Lay or Jeffrey Skilling, vis-à-vis 52 Down
• Intel's Paul S. Otellini, e.g.
• Hierarchy-chart topper
• Big decision maker, say
• M.B.A.’s dream position
• Highest suit?
• Position sought by some M.B.A.s
• Corporate leader: Abbr.
• Board bigwig
• Big shot seen in annual reports
• Corporate head, for short
• Business head: Abbr.
• Board boss
• Elon Musk's title at Tesla and SpaceX: Abbr.
• Company's leader: Abbr.
• One who might meet with a venture capitalist, for short
• Chairman and ___ (common title)
• One in charge, for short
• 4-Down, e.g.
• Lofty exec
• One showing firm leadership?
• Leader with perks
• Zuckerberg, to Facebook
• Corp. mogul
• Top gun, in bus.
• Org chart topper
• Musk, to Tesla
• Board appointee, for short
• Board leader
• Fortune 500 VIP
• Usually well-compensated leader
• Major suit?
• Gates' former Microsoft title
• Top of an outfit, for short?
• Title also held by many a co. president
• One on top of an org chart
• "Zuck," to Facebook
• Jobs title, once
• Top of a corporate ladder, for short
• Elon Musk, for 34-Across
• Letters for Musk or Bezos
• Corporate highest-up
• Boardroom biggie
• CNBC interviewee's title, maybe
• Big biz bigwig
• Company exec
• Corporate honcho
• Board pick
• One seen in annual reports
• Top person at a co.
• Head of a corporation: Abbr.
• Top of an org. chart
• Board hire
• Lofty suit
• Mary Barra, for G.M., beginning in 2014
• Corporate biggie
• Shonda Rhimes, for Shondaland
• Cook since '11
• Title for Amazon's Jeff Bezos
• Oprah, for Harpo Productions
• Jobs at Apple, once
• C-suite leader
• Head of the corp.
• Bus. driver?
• One who might meet with angels, for short
• Many a golden parachute recipient, in brief
• Boss's boss's boss, perhaps: Abbr.
• Former title for Ursula Burns at Xerox
• Bethany Yellowtail, for the fashion line B.Yellowtail
• Annual report signatory
• Board meeting attendee
• Musk of Tesla, e.g.
• Top corporate leader: Abbr.
• Bigwig hired by a board
• GM's Mary Barra, e.g.
• Rosalind Brewer's title at Walgreens
• C-suite head
• Head of a company
• Writer of an annual report's intro
• Pat McGrath, for Pat McGrath Labs
• Corporate exec picked by the board
• Company bigwig: abbr.
• Letters for a corporate leader
• ___ compensation (subject of modern debate)
• Citigroup's Jane Fraser, e.g.
• Head to the office?
• Top dog at a corp.
• Business bigwig, for short
• Company leader paid ~351 times more than the typical worker in the U.S.
• Sonia Syngal's title at Gap
• Top of the ladder, in brief
• Company head, for short
• Rosalind Brewer of Walgreens, e.g.
• Corporate head
• Title hidden in "place of business"
• Co. big
• Jane Fraser, for Citigroup, e.g.
• Corporate leader
• Corporate title
• Board hiree, in brief
• One on an annual "most overpaid" list
• Signer of a corporate apology
• Musk's position at 57-Across, in brief
• Top spot, in brief
• Chart topper, for short?
• Jacqueline Hernandez, for New Majority Ready
• Head for business?
• Sylvia Rhone, for Epic Records
• Lead runner, for short?
• Karen Lynch, for CVS Health
• Org chart topper, typically
• Gina Boswell of Bath & Body Works, e.g.: Abbr.
• Microsoft's Satya Nadella, e.g.: Abbr.
• Carol Tome, for UPS
• Someone who's way up in your business?
• Position held by a woman at roughly 10% of Fortune 500 companies
• Cristina Jones, for Black Girls Code
• Buffett or Cook, for short
• Corporate big cheese
• One answering to a board, for short