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

So the idea was, people getsuper rich off of stock options, right?

[chanting "WeWork!"] DON:So the idea was, people get
super rich off of stock options, right?

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DON:So the idea was, people get super rich off of stock options, right?
Duration
5 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:00
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.
He was like the 40th person in. He became a multi-gazillionaire. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:05
He was like the 40th person in. He became a multi-gazilliona...
But the way the stock options worked - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:06
But the way the stock options worked
MARGARITA KELRIKH:"Equity" was kind of a buzzword. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:04
MARGARITA KELRIKH:"Equity" was kind of a buzzword.
"You all have equity in the company." - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:05
"You all have equity in the company."
If you have stock options, you don't actually own equity in the company. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:04
If you have stock options, you don't actually own equit...
You own a security that gives you an option to buy equity in the company. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:07
You own a security that gives you an option to buy equity in...
I would see that people didn't understand - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:06
I would see that people didn't understand
To feel like you own something that is so famous - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:06
To feel like you own something that is so famous
So that they can say like, "Oh, I have equity." - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:07
So that they can say like, "Oh, I have equity."
You might think that the possibility of getting a million-dollar payout - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:11
You might think that the possibility of getting a million-do...
[audience murmuring] - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:05
[audience murmuring]
You can sit next to the gong. Don't be shy. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:04
You can sit next to the gong. Don't be shy.
JOANNA STRANGE:WeWork onboarding meetings - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:04
JOANNA STRANGE:WeWork onboarding meetings
And everybody would come in and then a presentation would begin. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:05
And everybody would come in and then a presentation would be...
And the presentation was the mythology of WeWork. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:04
And the presentation was the mythology of WeWork.
♪ peaceful symphonic music playing ♪ - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:09
♪ peaceful symphonic music playing ♪
Like his hands grazing over lavender, - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:11
Like his hands grazing over lavender,
Then we get Miguel like walking through his compound in Oregon. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:04
Then we get Miguel like walking through his compound in Oreg...
They didn't do that; that's what they should have done. They should have hired me for that. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:05
They didn't do that; that's what they should have ...
But it's definitely like a couple of slides about WeWork - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:09
But it's definitely like a couple of slides about WeWor...