board of directors

group of people who jointly supervise the activities of an organization
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board of directors

Summary

board of directors ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,177 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • board of directors is a type of panel[2].
  • board of directors is a type of board of trustees[3].
  • board of directors is a type of governing body[4].
  • board of directors is a type of group of humans[5].
  • board of directors is a type of assembly[6].
  • board of directors's Commons category is recorded as Boards of directors[7].
  • board of directors comprises board member[8].
  • board of directors comprises member of the board of trustees[9].
  • board of directors comprises board of directors member[10].
  • board of directors's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Board of directors[11].
  • board of directors's facet of is recorded as corporate governance[12].
  • board of directors's described by source is recorded as Investopedia[13].
  • board of directors's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • board of directors's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'BoD'}[15].
  • board of directors's different from is recorded as board of trustees of a foundation[16].
  • board of directors's different from is recorded as board of trustees[17].
  • board of directors's position held by head of the organization is recorded as chairman of the executive board[18].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include panel[2], board of trustees[3], governing body[4], group of humans[5], and assembly[6].

Use and Application

Components include board member[8], a position[19]; member of the board of trustees[9]; and board of directors member[10].

Why It Matters

board of directors ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,177 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . clarin.eu. Retrieved . clarin.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Remo Prinz · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 12d ago · Remo Prinz · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url ['https://verwaltungsrats-lexikon.vrmandat.com/aufsichtsrat/', 'https://verwaltu
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  3. 8w ago · GeertivpBot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of panel, board of trustees, governing body +2
    Has part(s) board member, member of the board of trustees, board of directors member
    Topic's main category Category:Board of directors
    Position held by head of the organization chairman of the executive board
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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