WeWork Co-Founder Adam Neumann Is Now a $1 Billion Landlord
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In late 2019, the majority owner of WeWork, Japanese conglomerate Softbank, was so desperate to get rid of the company's erratic CEO Adam Neumann it paid him a combined $778 million in consulting fees and stock purchases to leave.
But you can't keep a tech bro down, not when he has that kind of money. On Tuesday, Neumann was revealed to be quietly amassing a giant network of over 4,000 apartments across the Southern United States. According to the Wall Street Journal, he has told confidants he plans to shake up the rental industry.
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