The founder of WeWork who has in the past been described as having a ‘tequila-fueled leadership style’, also partied hard, even while traveling.
Employees have spoken out about the ‘cult-like’ environment at WeWork and the behavior of its so-called ‘partier in chief’, Adam Neumann, now 42, which included smoking copious amounts of marijuana on private jets while on company business.
On one journey there was said to be so much cannabis smoke in the cabin that the crew felt the need to put on their oxygen masks.
At its peak WeWork had co-working spaces in more than 110 cities in 29 countries with a valuation of $47billion. Neumann was put on a par with the likes of Steve Jobs as a Silicon Valley innovator who would change the world.
Adam Neumann, 42, the former chief executive of the office sharing company, was said to have enjoyed smoking cannabis together with senior execs onboard, a new book reveals. He is pictured with his wife, Rebekah, in 2009
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