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Re:WeWork lays off 2,400 employees by kmonsen on Thursday November 21, 2019 @03:23PM (#21599125)
I think you also need some "special" investors. In this case softbank appreciated the crazyness of the CEO.
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Re:WeWork lays off 2,400 employees by rollerboi on Thursday November 21, 2019 @03:40PM (#21599339)
Yes, but don't forget that those "special" investors were funded by even richer, special-er investors.

Softbank funded WeWork via the Vision fund, which is primarily funded with Saudi money.

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