Adam said he wanted to build a WeWork on Mars and be president of the world. May 25, 2022 by Kimberly French. She. That date is accurate, as is the fact that Rebekah's father Bob gave his daughter a $1m wedding gift which the . The meeting missed, he instead spent the day recovering at a spa. Their real estate portfolio has shrunk a lot since 2019. She always had an appreciation for nature, which she credits to her mother, Evelyn, whose family was in the garment and accessories business; and for hard work, which she attributes to her father, who ran a direct mail business and was later sentenced to prison for tax evasion. Back then her name was Rebekah Paltrow, and everybody who knew her on campus also knew she was Gwyneth Paltrows cousin. We have a really important role to play., Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for IMGRebekah Paltrow Neumann attends the Andy & Debb Spring 2010 Fashion Show at the Salon at Bryant Park. He and Rebekah sold two of their eight homes and were seen in December 2019 at San Francisco International Airport flying commercial. Rebekah Neumann is one such bride. But there was something missing the story of Rebekah Neumann, WeWork's shadow co-founder and wife of CEO Adam Neumann. Our board has the ability to remove our chief executive officer.. And if it doesnt, it doesnt matter, because we will be happy and fulfilled., Ms. Neumanns reliance on spirituality has resulted in some unconventional management tactics at The We Company. Her father's business had hit a lull, and he attempted to right his junk mail ship by creating a fake charity. During her tenure she had only seen Neumann's wife, Rebekah, from afar. While in India to meet with investors about expanding WeWork to that country, Adam partied a little too hard the night before. He tells Rebekah to write down every thought and memory she's ever had. Adam and Rebekah Neumann, the founding couple behind WeWork, left the coworking company amid its disastrous IPO process. Neumann has a reputation for incorporating spirituality and wellness into her management style at WeWork. It's what helped her the most in crafting the character. Neumann's parents are Bob and Evelyn. For a personal trip to Israel, Adam borrowed a G650ER plane from Gulfstream as he was awaiting delivery of the WeWork private jet. Since they were pushed out of the We Company at the end of 2019, the Neumanns have been downsizing. Adam would meet with staff and even interview prospective employees while riding around in his Maybach, a superluxury car costing more than $200,000 then, when he was done, tell them to get out and ride in a separate chase car in his convoy. Back in 2017, after naming herself CEO of WeGrow, a school with the lofty mission of unleashing every humans superpowers, Rebekah gave an interview to Fast Company in which she explained her motivations for expanding into education. The story of how WeWork, an office-space startup company valued at billions of dollars, collapsed, has become something of a legend in the business world, and it even got the television treatment in 2022 (via Bustle). Her famous cousin loomed large in her mindshe debated about whether to continue using her birth name in the industry and met in WeWorks office with consultants to advise her about the issue, according to employees who were there at the time. "also, re #WeCrashed.. did Rebekah Neumann actually wear a purple wedding dress?" "WeCrashed," a scripted series about the rise and fall of WeWork, Adam . By 2019, when Rebekah started calling herself a cofounderan interesting pivot, according to a former employeethe company had attained an eye-popping $47 billion valuation and moved beyond renting desks and toward a grandiose vision involving elevating the worlds consciousness through, among other ventures, coliving (WeLive), education (WeGrow), and fitness (Rise by We). Adam, on the other hand, has plans to dive back into real estate and revisit a concept of his, WeLive. While her acting career didn't exactly hit the heights of her cousin's, Neumann appeared in a few projects including a short film called "Awake,' which she co-wrote, produced, and starred in alongside Rosario Dawson. [18], Rebekah and Israeli entrepreneur Adam Neumann met in New York[1] and married in 2008. She is famously known as Adam's wife and was the former CEO of WeGrow, WeWork's education program. Tragically, around the same time, Neumann's older brother died after a bout with cancer when he was just 23. She also played Rebekah Keith in the 2012 short film Aunt Louisa. The company was instead valued at around $10 billion. She's hoping to consciously and authentically help the planet through her work using her superpower of intuition. Rebekah has played many in her 43 years: Wall Street trainee, spiritual seeker, yogi, actor, mother, entrepreneur. Sign up for our Celebrity & Entertainment newsletter. Eventually, after WeWork attained an estimated value of over $1 billion, an internal memo sent throughout the company indicated that she was to be known moving forward simply as Rebekah Neumann. The couples regularly dine together and send gifts to each other. Then, as the company expanded, she dropped acting altogether and got more involved in the business. In addition to the Hulu documentary, HBO Max released Generation Hustle, a series about American scammers, with an episode about the Neumanns unusual leadership style entitled The Cult of WeWork. Apple TV+ started production on WeCrashed, based on the Wondery podcast, following the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWorkand the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible, with Academy Award-winning actors Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto playing the couple. Rebekah would often ask WeWork construction workers to fix things in her homes. Launching a for-profit private school in the hypercompetitive New York City market was highly unusual, particularly for someone with no background in childhood education. Rebekah was recently in the news due to an article by The Wall Street Journal that examined her and Adams over-the-top, unconventional, and impulsive management styles. 1 day ago, by Chanel Vargas Rebekah was scared of a 5G cellular antenna next to their apartment afraid that electromagnetism from it could cause cancer. The filing also described Rebekah as a strategic thought partner to Adam who actively shaped the mission and strategy of The We Company and its global impact agenda, as well as being the primary voice and leading advocate for the We brand. She has apparently never been paid a salary from WeWork. [6], She went on to study business and Buddhism at Cornell University. I advise [clients] to send their children to schools with an established track record of transitioning students to good colleges, said Max Mets, partner at New York Private School Consultants. Late last month, WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann stepped down from his position as CEO. Ad Choices. But once again, the Neumanns treated their employees like serfs. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. "The whole family was constantly under fear, constantly guarding and judging. Please contact your hosting provider to confirm your origin IP and then make sure the correct IP is listed for your A record in your Cloudflare DNS Settings page. Before meeting Adam, Rebekah worked as an actress and producer, a yoga instructor, and a trader. As of 2020, the two were living in the Hamptons, with Rebekah looking to relaunch WeGrow as Student of Life For Life, or SOLFL. He invested in a startup company called Alfred in 2020, which provides concierge-style services for residents of residential buildings, a spokesperson told CNN. The curriculum included regular jaunts to the Neumanns Pound Ridge home, where the students picked produce and learned about farming. Neumann was interviewed by Paltrow for her lifestyle blog Goop where the two talked about Neumanns inspiration behind WeGrow, the primary school run by WeWork. Friends describe her as generous, always willing to offer the keys to one of her homes, a nurturing mother, and extremely spiritual. One friend likened Rebekah to a hungry ghost, a Buddhist metaphor that describes a person tormented by unfulfillment. ", "Build a Purpose Driven Business, Education, and Life with WeWork Co-Founder Rebekah Neumann", "WeCrashed: What to Know About the WeWork Series Starring Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto", "The Cautionary Tale of Adam Neumann and WeWork", "Rebekah Neumann Once Made A Bizarre Short Film Starring Rosario Dawson", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rebekah_Neumann&oldid=1141918464, This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 15:09. My husband and I were touring many, many elementary schools on both the East and West coasts for our eldest daughter. She told Gwyneth, We had a clear vision of the type of school we wanted her to attenda place that would not only nurture growth in her mind but also her spirit, a place that had a real culture of kindness, where she would have a real connection to nature, and where her individual gifts, talents, and passions would be recognized and supported.. Rebekah and Adam Neumann started dating in the 2000s. At 22 de setembro de 2019, ela atuou como diretora de marca e impacto na WeWork, uma empresa fundada por seu marido, Adam Neumann , e supervisionou seu programa educacional WeGrow. 7 hours ago, by Njera Perkins Still to come, an adaptation of Wall Street Journal reporters Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrells book, starring Nicholas Braun, who plays cousin Greg on Succession, via Chernin Entertainment, which has a multiyear first-look deal with Netflix. Her eldest daughters kindergarten just wasnt the right environment, she said. Rebekah is married to Adam Neumann . Rebekah and Israeli entrepreneur Adam Neumann met in New York and married in 2008. Rebekah Paltrow Neumann, 41, is the Co-Founder and Chief Brand and Impact Officer of The We Company. We understand that the Neumanns got to a point where they found a way to buy out the cell carriers lease and would have been able to have it taken down, co-author Eliot Brown told The Post. Her husband is a businessman and investor who is famous for being the co-founder of WeWork. According to Vanity Fair, WeWork was founded by Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey in 2010, and Rebekah Neumann came on as the company's chief brand and impact officer and also carried an additional Orwellian-sounding pseudo-title as her husband's "strategic thought partner.". [6], She founded WeGrow, a private school in Chelsea, in 2017. (As of March, they have six.) ", Neumann attended a private high school in the Bronx, and in 1996 she headed upstate to attend Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Neumann's larger-than-life personality sold investors on the idea of WeWork, which set itself apart from other startups as a fun, loose brand that encouraged everything from taking shots and smoking weed during work hours to working 20-hour days and attending 2 a.m. meetings, as reported by The New York Times. Rebekah Victoria Neumann (ne Paltrow; born February 26, 1978) is an American businesswoman. In the series, Jared Leto plays Adam Neumann, the enigmatic co-founder and former CEO of WeWork, which was at one time thought to be valued at $47 billion. Rebekah Neumann has bought back WeGrow, with plans to relaunch the school. So in 2017, she and Adam created their own elementary school: WeGrow was housed at the WeWork offices in Chelsea. Immediately following WeWork's spectacular financial collapse, the couple took their $1.7 billion dollars and retreated to Tel Aviv. They got married in October 2008, and they welcomed their first daughter, Elle, in 2011. Following the 2021 release of the documentary "WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn" and the 2022 dramatic TV series, "WeCrashed," a spotlight fell onto Rebekah Neumann, the wife of WeWork's co-founder, Adam Neumann.Part of this public scrutiny is due to her involvement in the ill-fated company, but a lot is also because of her unusual business philosophies and her plans . She left her acting career once WeWork started becoming successful. Rebekah Paltrow Neumann, 41, is the Co-Founder and Chief Brand and Impact Officer of The We Company. Also on the list is Adam Neumann's (Jared Leto) love of Katy Perry . I turned our conversation to WeCrashed, the new eight-episode Apple TV+ series, in which she plays Rebekah Neumann.The show follows an improbable story inspired by real-life events and chronicles the rise and fall of WeWork, the coworking space company that grew . Her description paints a different picture of her early days compared to Paltrow's who in the same article described her cousin's family by saying "They were well-off.". She is also the Founder and CEO of WeGrow, a private education company under the umbrella of The We Company, and cousin of famous actress Gwyneth Paltrow. 51.77.33.211 Credits: AppleTV+. She entered the Salomon Smith Barney's Sales and Trading Program after graduating from Cornell University. A closer look at the princesss work promoting early childhood education shows that she is adapting the royal charity playbook for the 21st century. Yes, I know Brad [Pitt, whom Paltrow was dating at the time]. While she didn't make a name for herself in the upper reaches of Hollywood at least not as an actress the way her cousin Gwyneth did, Neumann still managed to find a high degree of fame for herself. 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