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Companies are required to have a CEO, as (famously) Gabe Newell does.

Zappos doesn't; it's a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amazon. They could all just be subordinate to Jeff Bezos.

Does the fact that it's a subsidiary mean it's not a company?

Otherwise, what separates a subsidiary from just being another team? I assume the difference is that a subsidiary can be legally considered to be a company on its own altogether, but I'm not a lawyer. If it is though, then assuming companies need a CEO, Zappos still needs one.

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