Term or expression used to descripe influential business leaders? When they travel?

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 24 Feb 2006 12:04 PST

The word "honcho" is derived from the Japanese word "hancho" meaning
"group leader from "han", meaning, group or squad + "cho", meaning
head or chief. Does this work for you?

JAPANESE
http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/march/Japanese.html

tutuzdad-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 24 Feb 2006 12:07 PST

honcho (from Japanese "hanchou"): 
hon-cho \'ha^:n-(,)cho^-\ [Jp hancho^- squad leader,
fr. han squad + cho^- head, chief] (1947)
:BOSS, BIG SHOT

Tanaka: gairaigo origins - Japanese loan-words with interesting etymologies
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~tanaka/ot/gairaigo.txt

tutuzdad-ga

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Clarification of Question by relative-ga on 28 Feb 2006 22:55 PST

Thank you for your answer unfortunetly I needed it right away for an
email. Happy to pay you $5.00 but please clarify - Is it respectful to
refer to person as  a honcho. I will be posting another, more
detailed, ? in a new thread. Perhaps you can also answer that.

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 01 Mar 2006 17:15 PST

I hesistate to commmit to a definitive answer regarding your follow-up
question since I do not speak the Japanese language, nor am I familiar
with the finer aspects of it's usage. Perhaps someone who is more
familiar will be able to assist you.

tutuzdad-ga

We used to call any big muchety-muck the "honto honcho" or "true boss."