WeWork long had the image of a family business: a husband-and-wife pair at the helm and company slogans about how life is "better together."
S&P Global Ratings reduced WeWork's credit rating one notch to B- with a negative outlook, putting it at the edge of the market's weakest tier of borrowers
WeWork's parent firm We Company postponed its initial public offering last week after investor scrutiny over widening losses and corporate governance
Prior to his announcement, Neumann had faced pressure from board members tied to SoftBank, a major investor, according to people with knowledge of the matter
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WeWork declined to comment on the report and SoftBank was not immediately available for a comment outside business hours
The US office-sharing start-up was getting ready to launch an investor road show for its IPO this week, before making the last-minute decision on Monday to stand down
WeWork's valuation, $47 billion in a private funding round last January, could be set as low as $12 billion
The We Company is under pressure to proceed with the IPO, despite the big valuation drop, to secure funding for its operations
IPO valuation for office-sharing company drops to $20 billion
The We Company rents out workspace to clients under short-term contracts and pays rent for the properties under long-term leases
Wework is also, according to people with knowledge of the matter, looking to launch such economical desks in Delhi and other cities
This new centre in Pune, expected to be launched early next month, will have a capacity of over 2,000 seats, sources added
The filing revealed that investment banks JPMorgan Chase & Co and Goldman Sachs Group will be the lead underwriters on the offering
Real estate experts say such places work out to be 15-25% cost efficient vis-a-vis permanent offices
Its business model- locking in space on long-term leases, then filling it with short-term tenants-has been hard for others to embrace
WeWork Labs will serve as a hub for early-stage start-ups and provide members access to investment, educational resources and space
The company plans to eventually foray into cities such as Hyderabad, Pune and Chennai where it will find more such projects of adaptive reuse with architectural history
SoftBank has invested a total of around $10.4 billion in WeWork so far - $4.4 billion in 2017 and $6 billion in 2018 and 2019
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