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ON THE MOVE






                                                                           ADAM





                                                                           NEUMANN






                                                                            “LOVE WHAT WE DO”



                                                                             P         eople waste a lot of time doing things that have nothing


                                                                                       to do with their businesses. That is where Adam
                                                                                       Neumann says WeWork steps in.

                                                                             His mission is: “To create a world where people work to make a life,
                                                                             not just a living.” His company, WeWork, co-founded with Miguel
                                                                             McKelvey, is a global network of workspaces with 240,000 members
                                                                             in 21 countries - and growing - all of whom can access everything
                                                                             they need to work in a high-scale office environment. WeWork,
                                                                             says Neumann, “…is not only for the millennials, but what he calls
                                                                             the ‘we’ generation, which includes people who want to be part of a
                                                                             sharing economy – which means that I can be without ownership of
                                                                             anything and have access to everything.”

                                                                             Named by  TIME  as one of 2018’s most influential people,
                                                                             Neumann, with a listed net worth of over 2.5 billion, is on the
                                                                             move. New ventures include branded WeLiving, a residential
                                                                             shared community-living concept and WeGrow, a school fostering
                                                                             entrepreneurial spirit, where Neumann hopes he can help more
                                                                             people to “love what we do” – one of WeWork’s slogans.






























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