honcho
noun /ˈhɒntʃəʊ/
/ˈhɑːntʃəʊ/
(plural honchos)
(informal, especially North American English)- the person who is in charge synonym boss
- Claude is the studio's head honcho.
Word Origin1940s: from Japanese hanchō ‘group leader’, a term brought back to the US by servicemen stationed in Japan during the occupation following the Second World War.