Zero Hedge has declared Adam Neumann a con artist , citing properties owned in his own name and leased to WeWork and the use of company funds to support a private school for his own child . He has also given away more than $100 million, according to people familiar with his finances. The comments came after the Wall Street Journal reported that the founder and CEO of WeWork has cashed out more than $ 700 m from a mix of share capital and debt in what is thought to be one of the largest insider deals on record for a tech unicorn ahead of a public listing .
Zero Hedge has declared Adam Neumann a con artist , citing properties owned in his own name and leased to WeWork and the use of company funds to support a private school for his own child . The comments came after the Wall Street Journal reported that the founder and CEO of WeWork has cashed out more than $ 700 m from a mix of share capital and debt in what is thought to be one of the largest insider deals on record for a tech unicorn ahead of a public listing .