Episode Details

Stig Brodersen speaks with Reeves Wiedeman and learns the unfiltered story of The Rise and Fall of WeWork and co-founder Adam Neumann.  

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:

• (04:12) How WeWork got started.
• (19:53) How WeWork tried becoming a tech company with a 16-year-old Director of IT.
• (27:29) How Softbank made a $4.4B investment in WeWork on a napkin.
• (35:08) Whether or not CEO Adam Neumann was a true believer of a con artist.
• (37:07) How WeWork went from a $96B valuation to single digits in a matter of weeks.  
• (40:28) Why Adam Neumann was ousted from his own company.

*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.

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