Germany
In Germany, Generaldirektor may be used for the CEO of a large and established concern, corporation, company or enterprise, particularly if inferiors have the title director. The title is, however, unofficial (theoretically any person, and even practically every entrepreneur with one employee, may call himself director-general) and by now largely out of use. Officially a GmbH has a Geschäftsführer ("leader of business") and an Aktiengesellschaft a collective organ (Vorstand) under presidency of a Vorstandsvorsitzender.
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