Rebekah Neumann
Rebekah Victoria Neumann (née Paltrow; born February 26, 1978) is an American entrepreneur and businesswoman. Until September 22, 2019, she served as WeWork's chief brand and impact officer and CEO of WeGrow.[1][2][3][4]
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Born | Rebekah Victoria Paltrow February 26, 1978 New York City, U.S. |
Alma mater | Cornell University |
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Spouse(s) | Adam Neumann |
Children | 5 |
Early life and education
Neumann grew up in Bedford, New York, and attended the Horace Mann School. She went on to study business and Buddhism at Cornell University.[5]
Career
After graduating from college, Neumann entered Salomon Smith Barney's Sales and Trading Program.[6] She then spent five years on the West Coast working in the film and music industries.
In 2010, Her husband, Adam Neumann, and Miguel McKelvey co-founded WeWork.[7] She founded WeGrow, a private school in Chelsea, in 2017.[8][9] In October 2019, it was announced that the WeGrow school would close at the end of the academic year.[10]
Personal life
Rebekah and Israeli entrepreneur Adam Neumann met in New York.[1] They have five children.[11][12] She is a cousin of actress and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow.[13] Rebekah is Jewish.[14]
References
- "How Gwyneth Paltrow's Cousin Co-Founded WeWork". Observer. 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- ""A Mess Any Way You Look at It": 5 of the Weirdest Things in the WeWork IPO Filing". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
- "Meet Rebekah Paltrow Neumann, WeWork co-founder". South China Morning Post. 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
- "See inside WeWork's first elementary school in NYC designed by Bjarke Ingels". 6sqft. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- Wiedeman, Reeves (2019-06-10). "How Did WeWork's Adam Neumann Build a $47 Billion Company?". Intelligencer. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- "Rebekah Neumann Fast Company". FastCompany.
- Kessler, Sarah (2016-03-14). "Adam Neumann's $16 Billion Neo-Utopian Play To Turn WeWork Into WeWorld". Fast Company. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- "WeWork Founder Hopes Her New School Will Help 5-Year-Olds Pursue Their Life's Purpose". Fast Company. 2017-11-06. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- Brown, Lindsay Gellman and Eliot (2014-12-16). "WeWork: Now a $5 Billion Co-Working Startup". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- Klein, Rebecca (October 11, 2019). "WeWork Is Closing Its Private School In New York City After This Year". HuffPost. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- "Adam Neumann, the salesman-guru out to prove that We works". Financial Times. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- Eber, Hailey (2018-11-18). "Parents swear this NYC school is a utopia". New York Post. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- Rogers, Taylor Nicole. "Meet Rebekah Paltrow Neumann, the former actress who cofounded WeWork, is cousins with Gwyneth Paltrow, and is CEO Adam Neumann's 'strategic thought partner'". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
- https://www.businessinsider.in/WeWork-may-try-to-wrap-its-roadshow-and-price-its-IPO-before-the-Jewish-New-Year-on-September-29/articleshow/71086337.cms