5 doramas with ceos you need to watch

In the world of Dramaland there are some repeated narrative choices and, among them are the productions starring those at the top of a company’s operational hierarchy, CEOs, which are involved in various plots that commonly have something in common: romance with another company employee.

Usually members of Chaebols, that is, of large conglomerates controlled by the same family, which represent great economic relevance to South Korea, these ceos usually emerge as arrogant superiors who end up entering a journey of redemption by falling in love with someone below their hierarchy.

If you like this type of cliché, Recreio has gathered a list of 5 doramas with CEOs with different genres you need to watch; Check it out:

1. My dear nemesis (2025)

Su jeong (Mun Ka Young) and Ban Ju Yeon (Choi Hyun Wook) met in an online game where he performed for the nickname “Black Dragon”, and the two fell in love with each other. Not knowing his real identity, she meets the one who believed she would live a romance, but, seeing him, finds that he is just a strange elementary school student, generating an uncomfortable situation as she was in the last year of high school.

They then spend years without seeing each other until fate causes their ways to cross again sixteen years later. It turns out that it becomes a skilled planner at the Yongsung Department Shop, a company that receives a new strategic planning head: Ban Ju Yeon, who is also heir to the company. Now they will have to solve the misunderstandings of the past so that they can have a good conviviality.

Where to watch:Viki

2. Surprise applicant (2022)

Shin Hari (Kim Se-Jong) was suffering from an unsuccessful passion when his friend, Jin Young-Seo (SEOL IN-AH), convinces her to go to a blind meeting in her place. Ready to dismiss the suitor, Hari is surprised when he sees that who went to meet is none other than the CEO of the company she is an employee: Kang Tae-Mu (Ahn hyo-seop), which decides to make a proposal to Hari so that he can get rid of the family pressure of finding a wife and focusing on his professional life.

Where to watch: Netflix

3. What is wrong with Secretary Kim? (2018)

Lee Yeong Joon (Park Seo Joon) became the vice president of his family company with the help of his secretary Kim Mi So (Park min Young), which has been guiding his career for nine years. However, when Mi just decides to fire himself, he realizes how necessary she is in her life, and then decides to strive to make her again her daily companion-even getting into her relationship between her and her older brother, Lee Seong Yeon (Lee Tae Hwan).

Where to watch: Viki

4. Cleaning Fairies (2018)

Jang Seon Gyeol (Yun Kyun Sang) is the CEO of a cleaning company. He, who has acute misopobia, will have his fear of germs and contamination placed in conflict as he approaches a company employee: Gil Oh Sol (Kim You Jung), which is relaxed and messy, and has gone through several temporary works.

While one helps the other to find balance in their lives, they end up making room for something new: a passion!

Where to watch: Viki, Netflix, Kocowa

5. Hotel del Luna (2019)

Jang Man Wol (Iu) is the millennial owner of the supernatural Hotel del Luna, who welcomes lost souls. She is trapped in the administration of the site because of a curse and can only break free when finding someone who has committed a worse sin than yours. That way, she will count on the help of newcomer Goo Chan Sung (Yeo Jin Goo) to find the answers to break the curse.

Where to watch: Viki, Netflix