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]

Rebekah Neumann
Neumann in 2019
Born
Rebekah Victoria Paltrow

(1978-02-26) February 26, 1978
New York City, U.S.
Alma materCornell University
Title
  • Former CEO of WeGrow
Spouse(s)Adam Neumann
Children5

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
  1. "How Gwyneth Paltrow's Cousin Co-Founded WeWork". Observer. 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
  2. ""A Mess Any Way You Look at It": 5 of the Weirdest Things in the WeWork IPO Filing". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  3. "Meet Rebekah Paltrow Neumann, WeWork co-founder". South China Morning Post. 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  4. "See inside WeWork's first elementary school in NYC designed by Bjarke Ingels". 6sqft. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
  5. Wiedeman, Reeves (2019-06-10). "How Did WeWork's Adam Neumann Build a $47 Billion Company?". Intelligencer. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
  6. "Rebekah Neumann Fast Company". FastCompany.
  7. Kessler, Sarah (2016-03-14). "Adam Neumann's $16 Billion Neo-Utopian Play To Turn WeWork Into WeWorld". Fast Company. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
  8. "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.
  9. 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.
  10. Klein, Rebecca (October 11, 2019). "WeWork Is Closing Its Private School In New York City After This Year". HuffPost. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  11. "Adam Neumann, the salesman-guru out to prove that We works". Financial Times. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
  12. Eber, Hailey (2018-11-18). "Parents swear this NYC school is a utopia". New York Post. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
  13. 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.
  14. 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


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