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...Neumann stepped down as WeWork’s chief executive in 2019 after a failed attempt to take the company he co-founded public....
...“China’s gaining market share vis-à-vis other Asian exporters and possibly against exports elsewhere in the world,” said HSBC’s Neumann....
...Flow, Neumann’s new property company, confirmed the offer on Monday, saying “a coalition of half a dozen financing partners — whose identities are known to WeWork and its advisers — submitted a potential...
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...Third Point, a New York hedge fund that Neumann named in a letter to WeWork last month as a “partner”, is not involved, according to people familiar with the matter....
...In a statement to the Financial Times, a spokesperson for Third Point said the firm is still in preliminary discussion and has not committed to financing Neumann’s bid....
...That has become a harder sell than in Neumann’s heyday. Perhaps he has learnt his lesson: he says he will “build a very solid foundation” at Flow....
...A quick recap: Neumann founded WeWork in 2010 and turned it into a global brand with a $47bn valuation....
...(In Neumann’s case, even a small portion of that $1bn buys a large chunk of WeWork creditors’ attention.)...
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...The problems facing him are a legacy of Adam Neumann, the WeWork co-founder who set out to “elevate the world’s consciousness” by overhauling its office space....
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