サラリーマン社しゃ長ちょう

noun

manager promoted from in-house office worker

Refers to a company president or top manager who rose through the ranks from a regular salaried employee, often implying a non-founder, non-family successor.

• 彼かれはサラリーマン社しゃ長ちょうとして、現げん場ばの苦く労ろうをよく理り解かいしている。

  As a manager promoted from the ranks, he understands the hardships of the front line well.

• その会かい社しゃは創そう業ぎょう者しゃ一いち族ぞくではなく、サラリーマン社しゃ長ちょうが経けい営えいしている。

  That company is run by a manager who came up through the company, not by the founder's family.