Adam Neumann
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Adam Neumann is an Israeli-American billionaire businessman and investor. He co-founded WeWork with Miguel McKelvey in 2010 and served as its CEO until 2019. He later co-founded the family office 166 2nd Financial Services with his wife, Rebekah Neumann.
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| Aug 10 | 0.05‰ | 1 |
| Sep 11 | 0.03‰ | 1 |
| Sep 28 | 0.16‰ | 6 |
What Adam Neumann has said on podcasts
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WeWork experienced exceptionally rapid global physical expansion.
“WeWork was one of the fastest physical global growths the world's ever seen”
Open the episode · Adam Neumann: The Real Story Behind WeWork, A $4 Billion Cab Ride, And Surviving A $460 Million DebtListen at 0:03
WeWork was forced toward an IPO before it was prepared.
“we found ourselves being forced to go public when we weren't ready”
Open the episode · Adam Neumann: The Real Story Behind WeWork, A $4 Billion Cab Ride, And Surviving A $460 Million DebtListen at 0:52
Neumann says he voluntarily stepped down as WeWork CEO.
“So I stepped down out of choice”
Open the episode · Adam Neumann: The Real Story Behind WeWork, A $4 Billion Cab Ride, And Surviving A $460 Million DebtListen at 1:00
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Neumann says he voluntarily stepped down as WeWork CEO.
“So I stepped down out of choice”
Open the episode · Adam Neumann: The Real Story Behind WeWork, A $4 Billion Cab Ride, And Surviving A $460 Million DebtListen at 1:00
Neumann’s strength is creating businesses from inception to initial scale.
“I'm very good at zero to one.”
Open the episode · Adam Neumann: The Real Story Behind WeWork, A $4 Billion Cab Ride, And Surviving A $460 Million DebtListen at 1:36:50
Adam Neumann says he can manage three to five initiatives but not ten to fifteen.
“Where other people can only do one at a time, I'm probably very good at 3 to 5. But once you go above that number, 10 to 15, which I could fall into that trap, not going to succeed.”
Open the episode · Adam Neumann: The Real Story Behind WeWork, A $4 Billion Cab Ride, And Surviving A $460 Million DebtListen at 1:37:56
Statements are attributed to the speaker as said on the episode and reflect their view at the time, not PodLume's. They are not advice.
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3 episodes featuring Adam Neumann, newest first
- Sep 28, 2026
Neumann traces WeWork’s mission from community to collapseThe Diary Of A CEO with Steven BartlettSep 28, 2026Guest - Sep 11, 2026
Passive flows reshape markets and threaten traditional investingHow I Invest with David WeisburdSep 11, 2026 - Aug 10, 2026
AI’s Market Rally Faces a Reality CheckProf G MarketsAug 10, 2026