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

At the time, it was less known that Adam was this totally erratic CEO that had sort of...

ELIOT:At the time, it was less known that Adam was this totally erratic CEO that had sort of messianic statements and was doing things in a way
that a lot of people would call crazy

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ELIOT:At the time, it was less known
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that Adam was this totally erratic CEO
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that had sort of messianic statements
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and was doing things in a way that a lot of people would call crazy.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:29:45
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Campfire Studios,Olive Hill Media,Forbes Entertainment

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Movie Summary

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.
Uh, and so we basically laid that out in a story. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:06
Uh, and so we basically laid that out in a story.
The signature anecdote to the thing that probably got the most attention - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:17
The signature anecdote to the thing that probably got the mo...
The crew on the plane finds it and is sort of incensed. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:06
The crew on the plane finds it and is sort of incensed.
Uh, and so then Adam has to find his own way back from Israel. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:05
Uh, and so then Adam has to find his own way back from Israe...
SCOTT:When you can land - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:08
SCOTT:When you can land
When you don't go public and your investors lose money, - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:08
When you don't go public and your investors lose money,
MAUREEN:Once Eliot's article came out, - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:07
MAUREEN:Once Eliot's article came out,
And so, he made the decision to step down - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:07
And so, he made the decision to step down
NEWS ANCHOR:The company went from a $47 billion valuation - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:05
NEWS ANCHOR:The company went from a $47 billion valuation
AUGUST:When I first heard about WeWork's financial collapse, - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:15
AUGUST:When I first heard about WeWork's financial coll...
Because it felt like he believed in what he was doing - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:09
Because it felt like he believed in what he was doing
NEWS ANCHOR:WeWork now is suddenly in decline, - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:17
NEWS ANCHOR:WeWork now is suddenly in decline,
AUGUST:When I started to learn a little bit more about it, - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:08
AUGUST:When I started to learn a little bit more about it,
That sadness - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:06
That sadness
Now all of a sudden, it felt like this person - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:14
Now all of a sudden, it felt like this person
I felt angry at him - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:10
I felt angry at him
And when they started laying people off, the anger switched to rage. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:08
And when they started laying people off, the anger switched ...
DON:It seemed like WeThis, WeGrow, WeLive, WeWork. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:05
DON:It seemed like WeThis, WeGrow, WeLive, WeWork.
It was we for everybody, except for Adam. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:04
It was we for everybody, except for Adam.
MAUREEN:He got a golden parachute worth $1.7 billion. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:06
MAUREEN:He got a golden parachute worth $1.7 billion.