CEO of Sx
A long-running ironic meme crowning actor Jacob Batalon 'CEO of Sex' based on a 2019 red-carpet photo, revived repeatedly through the 2020s.
'CEO of Sx' (commonly 'CEO of Sex') is an ironic title given to actor Jacob Batalon, who plays the nerdy Ned Leeds in the Spider-Man films, built around a photo of him in a gray suit at a movie premiere. The joke's entire engine is the mismatch between Batalon's mild-mannered on-screen persona and the absurdly confident title fans have stuck him with.
History
Before July 31st, 2019, an unknown user on the r/okbuddyretard subreddit paired a photo of Jacob Batalon in a gray suit from the Spider-Man: Homecoming premiere with an absurd, deadpan caption, following the format's tradition of ironic 'CEO of anything' jokes. The image spread to Reddit, Instagram, and iFunny through the 2020s, generating fake movie posters and parody trailers, and resurfaced with fresh virality in mid-2026 around the release of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, when even co-star Tom Holland referenced it.
Cultural scores
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Timeline
2019-07-31
The Jacob Batalon 'CEO of Sex' image macro first appears on r/okbuddyretard
2022-01-01
Fan-made parody movie posters and trailers spread the joke further
2026-08-07
The meme resurges around the release of Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Examples
- “A parody 'Wolf of Wall Street'-style movie poster photoshopped with Batalon's face and the title 'CEO of Sex'”
- “Fans replying 'CEO of Sex' under any Jacob Batalon social media post”
- “A fake trailer for a fictional film titled 'Sex 2: The Multiverse of Madness' starring Batalon”
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