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Or elevate a single man as head honcho?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Finally, Mr. Reiner prevailed upon Norman Lear—once his boss on “All in the Family,” then the head honcho of Embassy Pictures—to provide backing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

The band jumped over to the Sony Music label B1, whose head honcho is Wolfgang Boss - one of the first people to champion Clean Bandit back in the 2010s.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024

I was sort of prepared by Louis John Slagel, who's the head honcho at Slagel Family Farms.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2023

“I’m the head honcho, mister. I don’t have to tell you what I’m gonna do.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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