Undercover Boss is a television franchise series created by Stephen Lambert and produced in many countries. It originated in 2009 on the British Channel russian brides documentary channel 4. Each episode features a high-ranking executive or the owner of a corporation going undercover as an entry-level employee in his or her own company.

The executives alter their appearance and assume an alias and fictional back-story. At the end of their time undercover, the executives return to their true identity and request the employees they worked with individually to travel to a central location—often corporate headquarters. The Australian version of the franchise premiered on Network Ten on 18 October 2010 The show ran for 2 seasons. The Austrian version of Undercover Boss premiered on ORF eins on 16 January 2013 with the CEO of ASFiNAG, Klaus Schierhackl.

Premier of the show is on 9 February 2016 on Nova TV. The first show is for Domino’s Pizza Bulgaria. The Brazilian version of Undercover Boss is named Chefe Secreto. Premier of the show was on 27 September 2015 as an part of Fantástico newsmagazine on Rede Globo. The Canadian version of Undercover Boss premiered on W Network on 2 February 2012 with the CEO of Toronto Zoo, John Tracogna.

Chilevisión on 17 August 2016 with the CEO of Monarch, Alejandro Magnasco. The Colombian version of Undercover Boss, named Jefe encubierto, launched on RCN Televisión on 03 December 2017. The Czech version of Undercover Boss, named Utajený šéf, premiered on TV Nova on 25 April 2018. Patron incognito is broadcast on M6.