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Portrait of Adam Neumann

Anna Frodesiak · CC0

Adam Neumann

Co-founder of WeWork and founder of Flow

b. 1979age 47Living

Co-founded WeWork with Miguel McKelvey in 2010, building a shared-office business around flexible rentals and communal workspaces. He led its expansion as CEO until 2019, when a failed attempt to take the company public exposed concerns about its finances and governance and led to his resignation. He later founded Flow, a residential real-estate company. His career encompasses both the growth of coworking and the risks of rapid expansion under concentrated founder control.

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