Korean slang profile

CEO

An abbreviation for a company’s chief executive officer.

Expanded form: Chief Executive OfficerChief Executive Officer
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Jan 5, 2022
Documented trend period: Not verified

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

Example by Julimmal
회사의 CEO가 올해 사업 방향을 설명했다.
The company’s CEO explained this year’s business direction.

02Documented history

2022-01-05The 한겨레 source used the expression ‘CEO’.[1]
Time unconfirmedThe Cambridge Dictionary source used the expression ‘CEO’.[2]

03Origin & word formation

The Cambridge dictionary gives CEO as an abbreviation of ‘chief executive officer’. The candidate article also uses it alongside the Korean explanation 최고경영자. Who first used it and when could not be established.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The explanation and usage were compared directly with the evidence. Who first coined it and when it was first used could not be established.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

‘메타버시안’ 되시렵니까…CES 2022의 3대 화두는? (한겨레)Published Jan 5, 2022Original source checked Nov 13, 2026
CEO (Cambridge Dictionary)Original source checked Nov 13, 2026