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WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn

I just start gettingthese texts and emails, and it's like "WTF." And like, "Oh, my God!"...

[bird chirps, phone chimes] I just start getting
these texts and emails, and it's like "WTF." And like, "Oh, my God!" And I was like,
"I think I know what happened." MAUREEN:Almost everyone you talked to had a different item
that horrified them. [laughs] So like one by one, they would say, "I cannot believe his wife
is choosing his successor," or, "So egregious that he would
have these 20-1 voting shares." Or, "I can't believe the company
is paying him $6 million for the trademark to the word 'we'
in the company name." DEREK:He was buying buildings, and then asking WeWork to lease those buildings from him

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[bird chirps, phone chimes]
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I just start getting these texts and emails,
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and it's like "WTF."
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And like, "Oh, my God!"
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And I was like, "I think I know what happened."
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MAUREEN:Almost everyone you talked to
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had a different item that horrified them. [laughs]
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So like one by one, they would say,
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"I cannot believe his wife is choosing his successor,"
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or, "So egregious that he would have these 20-1 voting shares."
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Or, "I can't believe the company is paying him $6 million
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for the trademark to the word 'we' in the company name."
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DEREK:He was buying buildings,
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and then asking WeWork
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to lease those buildings from him.
Duration
43 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
01:23:27
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Campfire Studios,Olive Hill Media,Forbes Entertainment

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An account of the six-week death spiral that brought down the company's IPO, a behind-the-scenes look at WeWork's frat-boy culture.
And then he took $700 million out of this company - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:09
And then he took $700 million out of this company
- With many of these unicorn IPOs, - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:06
- With many of these unicorn IPOs,
In the case of Adam Neumann, it was 170 times. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:05
In the case of Adam Neumann, it was 170 times.
If you tell a 30 something male - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:07
If you tell a 30 something male
ELIOT:Rebekah is very involved - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:08
ELIOT:Rebekah is very involved
And they had this sort of constant stringof WeWork employees - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:11
And they had this sort of constant stringof WeWork employees
You just keep reading it and be like, - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:18
You just keep reading it and be like,
He went on a month-long birthday celebration - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:08
He went on a month-long birthday celebration
You know, I think generally he was seen - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:07
You know, I think generally he was seen
In hindsight, he probably had a view - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:06
In hindsight, he probably had a view
Him going surfing was a way of avoiding reality... - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:06
Him going surfing was a way of avoiding reality...
And keeping the high life going as much as he could. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:05
And keeping the high life going as much as he could.
COMMENTATOR 1:This company has just been savaged after its S1 came out. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:05
COMMENTATOR 1:This company has just been savaged after its S...
COMMENTATOR 2:The price has come down and down and down. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:04
COMMENTATOR 2:The price has come down and down and down.
COMMENTATOR 3:$47 billion dropped down to 10 to 15. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:05
COMMENTATOR 3:$47 billion dropped down to 10 to 15.
COMMENTATOR 4:Every day now they're trying to come up - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:07
COMMENTATOR 4:Every day now they're trying to come up
- We'll clean it up. I think we're great, - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:05
- We'll clean it up. I think we're great,
[laughter, woman responding indistinctly] - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:07
[laughter, woman responding indistinctly]
Every day for the next 10 days. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:04
Every day for the next 10 days.
MAN: I'm scared of drowning just thinking about it. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:04
MAN: I'm scared of drowning just thinking about it.