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These companies with no CEO are thriving

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Co-ops are a big part of the global economy: they employ 10% of the world’s workforce and over two trillion dollars flow through their doors every year. At a co-op, there’s no single person with overarching, top-down power over everyone else, like a CEO at a traditional company. So what exactly is a co-op and how does it work? Explore the different types of cooperatives and how they operate.

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Meet The Creators

Director
Elizabeth Galian, AIM Creative Studios
Script Writer
George Zaidan
Narrator
George Zaidan
Storyboard Artist
Elizabeth Galian
Animator
Elizabeth Galian, Jorge Ramos
Illustrator
Elizabeth Galian
Music
André Aires
Sound Designer
André Aires
AIM Creative Studios Producer
Tiago Ribeiro, Marta dos Santos
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Producer
Alexandra Zubak
Associate Producer
Sazia Afrin
Editorial Director
Alex Rosenthal
Editorial Producer
George Zaidan
Expert Consultant
Trebor Scholz, Anu Puusa, Joe Holtz
Special Thanks
Anna Bruce-Lockhart, World Economic Forum

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