Sales

Gartner Glossary

Account Executive (AE)

An account executive (AE) is a salesperson with primary day-to-day responsibility for an ongoing business relationship with a customer. AEs have a detailed understanding of a customer company's objectives, products and solutions with the main objective of retaining and growing customer relationships.

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