...Ashton Kutcher; a man who walked into a house, saw his date had been brutally murdered, then walks out and sits in his car for an hour talking to his manager, his friends (including Danny Masterson, a now convicted rapist) and DID NOT call the police and decided to continue with his good time going to a party that he was supposed to take his murdered date to (?!) Kutcher disgusts me beyond belief

Anytime there was a detail that was too ridiculous, I assumed it literally happened and low and behold, it did. Some things are just too ridiculous to have been made up lol

Miguel is definitely just as guilty for letting Adam do what he did. He’s definitely a lot more low key and calmer than Adam but he and Adam were a duo. I know, I worked at WeWork and met them both. Miguel has just launched a new company called Nayah which I believe is a company investing in small businesses especially led by women/poc/minorities etc. But the wording they use to describe what it does is so similar to what Wework used to do - a lot of words which don’t actually say much!

Please don’t stop doing deep dives like this, I love them!

Adam was not in the Navy. He was in the naval academy in lieu of actual military service in Israel, where it is compulsory, except with some religious or academic exemptions.

Loved your final analogy about unicorns and horses when comparing Elizabeth Holmes and Adam Neumann. Both were delusional.

Rebekah: I’m worried about what we are doing to the planet! World: You travel the world in private planes ….. Rebekah: I worry about what everyone else is doing to the planet!

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING! If you made it until the end, you are an MVP of this channel! I am working on a new video already on a new topic, and then as per the poll results I am covering the Kardashian-Jenner scams. I may also do one more Theranos/WeWork video to wrap everything up, talking about Holmes trial and the Neumann's sueing Masa and Softbank and comparing WeCrashed & The Dropout, let me know if you are interested! If you enjoyed the video it helps so much if you like, comment and the biggest one subscribe, so THANK YOU to anyone who does! If you want to know more about WeWork, I highly recommend the doc on Hulu (US) & Amazon (Europe) along with the two books 'The Cult of We' by Eliot Brown & Maureen Farrell & also 'Billion Dollar Loser' by Reeves Wiedeman. *One last thing, one clip had to be cut when I uploaded because it was copyright claimed, these big media companies try to abuse copyright claiming and they claim your entire video, so I snipped it out, so sorry about that! Sources WeWorks S-1 Filing (original) www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1533523/000119312519220499/d781982ds1.htm#toc781982_10 WeWorks S-1 Filing, Strangest & Most Alarming Things, NBC www.cnbc.com/2019/08/17/wework-ipo-filing-strangest-and-most-alarming-things.html The Cult of We - Eliot Brown & Maureen Farrell Expose on Neumann in the WSJ by Eliot Brown: www.wsj.com/articles/this-is-not-the-way-everybody-behaves-how-adam-neumanns-over-the-top-style-built-wework-11568823827?mod=hp_lead_pos5 www.wsj.com/articles/the-fall-of-wework-how-a-startup-darling-came-unglued-11571946003 www.wsj.com/articles/wework-adam-neumann-masa-son-cult-of-we-11626474657 Billion Dollar Loser - Reeves Wiedeman Documentary: The Making & Breaking of a $47 Billion Dollar Unicorn - Hulu (US) & Amazon Prime (UK & Europe) www.huffpost.com/entry/wework-school_n_5da074dbe4b02c9da049128c?z5 Generation Hustle , Episode 2 - The Cult of We - HBO Max www.wsj.com/articles/this-is-not-the-way-everybody-behaves-how-adam-neumanns-over-the-top-style-built-wework-11568823827 www.wsj.com/articles/wework-co-founder-adam-neumann-is-becoming-an-apartment-mogul-11641292207

Not sure why but I have never been able to trust hyper-optimistic extroverts. Normal extroverts, sure. But there's something... "grifty", almost has a built-in slick car salesman quality to it; there's something predatory in the psychopathic way. Great vid!

I must say Jared Leto impressed me in this.

Such an excellent and articulate analysis. I forgot how much I love your channel. I've been following both of these stories and am binging all I can on the Newman's. You bring up so many good points that I didn't know I was looking for. Thank you!

How could anyone think they are anything but stupid con artist villians?

The thing with Yoga, is that it is a morally neutral tool. You can truly use it to improve your calmness, focus, and mental clarity. It seems to do wonders for billionaire psychopaths too! A person with a regular yoga practice will appear calm, warm, and likeable. This is independent of whether or not their intentions are good.

Truly for the way they screwed their employees he has a damn cheek to be offended about how he was portrayed in the tv series

Again, such a great video, thanks for documenting all of this. Many thanks for your work. Andrew Ross Sorkin such an enabler and a person who glorifies all of this

Great video as always Ash! I love your investigation videos. I can really feel your dedication and hard work.

there's a dearth of video essays about this fantastic show. glad that you mentioned the WSJ book too. thank you for making this.

I love your analysis of we work. Still can’t believe he got all that money and left his hard working staff in the red! Seriously he is the cat with all the cream and the bonus of 9 lives 😕

thanks for this update.

I had no idea about WeWork,before the tv show. But I red Bad Blood book - about Theranos and Holmes - amazing book and the tv show is also rocking. Thank you for coving these.

Another great analysis Ash! You’ve worked so hard to review this. I hadn’t picked up on Rebekah signing her name with a ❤️ -bless. Also, Adam saying “what have we come to that we can put on screen a real person’s life & wife” when it’s not a stunning new invention for television! 😆🙄 (edit: he said “you could do this with public figures” as if he isn’t 1! He was all OVER media, with his “billion foot” of office space & practically wrote himself into history as one of the more famous swindlers of the decade).

Even though im a young woman with no work experience, i will say i was very confused as to what wework was when i first saw the buildings popping up downtown. All i felt was bad vibes from the whole building, and I kind of just assumed it was a leasing thing (which i already kind of didnt like), Its kind of reassuring knowing my intuition was right on this one, but also terrifying because when I enter the workforce I might not be in a place financially to chose whether or not i have an exploitative job

Great video. First time watcher. Loved it.

These people don't want to be business people, they want to be celebrities. The vehicle for them to gain that celebrity just happens to be business because they had enough money to start a business. That's why they didn't really care what happened to the business or the workers, because they had already gotten the celebrity and squeezed it for all it was worth.

Adam Neumann, b. 4/25/79, is an Israeli-American billionaire businessman and investor. In 2010, he co-founded WeWork with Miguel McKelvey, where he served as CEO from 2010 to 2019. In 2019, he co-founded 166 2nd Financial Services with his wife, Rebekah Neumann, to manage their personal wealth investing over a billion dollars in real estate and venture startups.

Im so glad i found your channel..Your amazing.... I'm watching an it's 4am....lol!!

Great work 👏 the Adam Lizzie comparison is interesting but the crimes themselves very different.

Your eyes are insanely gorgeous. Keep up the good content as well. I enjoyed the show but felt like a lot of your criticism was valid.

Newmanns ' are like Madoff's scam, except they don't go to prison.

I did not watch the series I only watched your videos about it although I was familiar with the storyline… Of course your videos were very informative and I have a lot of mixed emotions about these types of people… It really bothers me that they become like a celebrity in someway… I don’t like it…Anyway, I look forward to your next video…❤️

Well done

Idk much but that summer camp shite seemed cringe af

I really really loved the series, I watched it 3 times

P.s. the last episode of WeCrashed was brilliant. Have not watched The Dropout yet but read Careyou's book Bad Blood. Was expecting a movie with Jennifer Lawrence but this one came out first.

Can't wait for you to cover Tesla when it finally implodes lol

what about super pumped? vanity fair has a multi-part podcast talking all 3 of these shows. would love to see your report-back on that show and book

Stable and scale metaphors=excellent

Is the movie out?

Villains. Con artists.

I find weird that even after the show people still think this guy is a genius, he's absolutely delusional.

I love how all Israelis believe it's absolutely necessary they have 5+ kids and the world NEEDS like 200 million of them even though we're going towards the worst case scenario of the climate crisis.

Jared looks way better the then the original. Classic show. They still filthy rich

Does anyone else think Adam reminds them of Tommy Wiseau of The Room?

Yes. What we learned. Dec 2022.

Ah yes, Ashton Kutcher as a hypeman. What a great idea.

From a founder it’s made Vc investment hard to companies that have real foundations of technology or builders

I’m late getting to this topic and show so I appreciate you doing all the homework for me 🙏🏼. I think the similarities with Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos and are striking. I’m yet to watch the final 2 episodes as my empathic soul is suffering badly about the treatment of employees and investors, the same as for Theranos. The entitled, wealthy privilege paradigm is one of the most destructive forces on the planet; Rebekah being vegan and Buddhist hardly counteracts the damage that they have done and will probably do again based on Adam’s NYT interview. Not sure how much my blood pressure can take of these ar*eholes. Thanks again ❤

That Oscar was not deserved!

The first story I ever saw said he walked around in bare feet all the time I wrote him off as a flake, and everything else just followed. I can’t say all, but too many of these new age moonbeams are craven and use good vibes crap like indulgences in the Middle Ages.

Rebekah has such a long face…it’s so weird to look at…

I watched it. I quite liked them. I think they got carried away. But I like them.

The part where he sold stock sounds a lot like Bob Iger selling his Disney stock while saying everything is fine. Sure Jan.

Damn. Its only on Apple TV. That blows.

You mention the straight white privileged male atmosphere at these places and what was a nightmare. So what about if it was a straight white priv female? Or an Lgbtq etc white priv atmosphere? Or a Black straight priv male? Or a? I do rate your doc-I'm just talking about this area that you accuse the show of not diving into which was problematic but you're equally not diving into either. I'm a Black female in my 40's, so far women consistently are the gender by far who have created a toxic working atmosphere for me and not helped me up the ladder. Black ppl are also to a smaller degree but still, the cultural I have experienced the most toxic atmosphere. I've consistently only worked in the more feminine soft industry of public and non for profit sector. I've only ever worked in this coveted 'diverse' area that you sjw's go on about(with no factual proof it's better) and you don't want to know about the number of us who've experienced leave through 'sickness' aka stress aka passive aggressive bullying aka the ONE thing you can not report about to HR. The ONE skill women are exemplary at doing. It'd be great if you widen your pool and did deep dives on 'diverse' working cultures-CULTS!-to understand that we have 'being human' problem and drum roll, you can still be mean, arrogant and bullish regardless of your gender, sexuality or race. (see Zappos? HRC-lgbt org that was accused few years ago for bullying workplace, CNN-have at least 10 acting lawsuits by African American employees etc)

What can we learn, There is no justice!

Are you Hopescope sister? Your voices are exactly the same, specially when you talk without your face being on the screen, thats really cool if you are, shes so nice ^^ so are you

The bad out weighs the good! 🏋 With Adam,it seems like the 1 bad side of the scale's tipped so far down,it's touching the surface,with no good!!!!!!⚖

Maybe he got this money so the investors don’t get persecuted. Maybe there are even bigger fish to fry.

Ashton seems to be involved with a lot shady people 😒

I sometimes sign my name with a ❤ 😂😂😂😂

D@mn, I didn't realize Rebekah has a STRONG face....

How we’re they able to avoid prosecution? They used investors money for everything except for putting into WeWork

The blatant irony that this company was called "wewerk" is just unbelievable.

Her nose is beaming so bright, perhaps she could guide the sleigh tonite.

Very shady!! So many people proving to be untrustworthy.

Narcissists don't change. Ever.

19:00 So what if he walked with over a billion? You keep saying he screwed over his employees, but I don't see how? The employees signed contracts. Didn't WeWork respect the contracts? Please explain.

Adam complaining about people making a show about him “for profit” has to be in the top ten of most hypocritically tone deaf utterances in human history.

It is a fascinating concept that this man values his wife so much but women so little...

School of life for life? U have got to be shi++ing me!! 😂😂😂😂

Is this guy really Tommy Wisaeu?

R has it all but she probably has struggled with her looks.

You can’t compare Thorns to Wework because one was never existing aka ( Thorne) and a company Thant actually existed but exaggerated their evolution

I love the fact that this guy stole money and now he's "investing"

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Loved this post (the entire series actually... wth, the channel too lol). For me the series did a great job at kicking at the gods & icons mythos around founders.... showing the Neumanns from start to crash as rather unremarkable people despite their billions (with the exception of their astonishing poor character and narcissism). There have been so many "weworks" in the past 20+ years of varying size and import, and they all prey on really young, fresh out of school, and ungrounded people. There were no heroes in the WeWork saga, and most of the "victims" were not actually victims either. Ultimately one chooses to work at a company with a fck-closet, a drinking/party culture, with anything-goes approach to business and nepotism. I started pumping out my resume two weeks after I started at the one I was at and was gone in 2 months. Private investors can fund whatever they want I guess, but I'm amazed at how institutional investment firms and banks still are not held accountable for not doing the minimum of due diligence. It's not just the execs in these firms but the pervasive culture.

You can’t compare Thorns to Wework because one was never existing (Thorne) and a company Thant actually existed but exaggerated their evolution

No, he will just try again. He is a con man by nature. He was allowed to get away and rewarded for it! It's the story of the Frog and the Scorpion repeated.

This guy gives me Tommy Wiseau vibes

Ashton Kutcher is so completely untrustworthy. I suppose that is very apparent at this point.

Good stuff, two comments, I'm a white male and still waiting for my "privileges", why didn't Adam get charged with any crimes or at least not be allowed to keep all that $$$?

I am so sorry to invade and it is only my opinion... Your work and your insight are undeniable and amazing But I don't know... Why don't we make more series or documentaries to expose really good people Some have been made but. Conartists are put ahead on the scene just because of the exposure I mean... My favourite person was my dad and dying he built the first house in France that was untirely green, producing more energy than consuming ît,... Why is that movie with Léo di caprio profiting a man who broke people families, left them bankrupt and suiciadle, ah the Wolf of Wall Street I remember And a series about the awful cannibal of Milwaukee..., Casting Zack Effron to play Ted Bundy Countless videos on Jodi Arias and Casey Anthony... Am I insane? I want more positivity I get the curiousity of things we are not familiar with, awarness but I'd love ... Positivity, documentaries about good people... Your work is still amazing

Is Adam Numan his real name ??? It seems a bit naff !!! Adam is the first man according to the bible and Numan !!!

I’m gonna say it, if she didn’t have money, dude wouldn’t have stayed a minute.

I can’t stand these people!! Maybe it’s just me after listening and getting to know about the story, but these people don’t have the trustable faces.

Very scientology-like...

It is a disgrace that this show tomantiziced fraudulent criminal behavior into a new age love story

Can’t be diverse they would have got sued

I don't completely agree with your final analysis. Yes, I think Adam and his wife are hypocrites and treated people horribly. And I like the scenes of her having people fired for the smallest of annoyances. So yeah, they are not very nice people at all. However, he built a massive company and the fact that he used snake oil pitches isn't that unusual. The investors are not children. It's their job to see through the smoke and mirrors and do their due diligence. In fact, they probably saw his charm offensive as an asset. After all, spinning a world changing pseudo philosophy is hardly new. Steve Jobs did it too. He treated people in a horrible way and even screwed early Apple employees out of shares. But in the end he succeeded and made everybody money. The WeWork workers with shares would/may have become very rich if Adam had been able to keep the carnival going past an IPO even if the company imploded a few years later. Or he may have found a way to profit. He failed but it wasn't a foregone conclusion. The early employees who accepted options and low wages were naïve and he took advantage of that but they also gambled on him. I'm not an Adam fan. I think both of them are pretty despicable people personally and I think she in particular is borderline psychotic. But I think there is room in this world for people to do crazy things and build something. It's not fair to compare them with Holmes. Holmes was and is a criminal fraudster who put people's lives in danger. What Adam did with WeWork wasn't fraud. He offered a world view and people bought into it. The fact that it was pie in the sky stupidity doesn't mean it's fraud. And strangely enough, sometimes people can build things on sheer belief that become concrete. Remember, Adam is probably of the generation that in his formative/impressionable years he grew up with his ears full of wooly nonsense life philosophy such as the Apple 'Think Different' campaign and beloved it. So yeah, the king and queen of WeWork and Elizabeth Holmes are likely on par with each other in terms of how they treat people. But unlike her, they built something; even if it was built on sand. "Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently - they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do." - Steve Jobs, 1997 By the way. I can't tell if you are English or American :)

THEY ARE NOT HEROES!!!!!!!! D:

He's not white

I like the analysis, but I get very annoyed with the focus on straight white man being privileged. That isn’t why he was able to act this way, that are part of his identity has nothing to do with it. Case and point, you compare him to Elizabeth Holmes. Noticeably, not a straight white man. Her accomplice was a Pakistani man. Both of them got away with it for many years. Wealth. Wealth and connections. That is the privilege. The only common denominator between the two is that Elizabeth Holmes came from a wealthy family, Adam had some wealth, but Rebecca had a fabulous wealth and vast connections. The fixation on identity is not helpful, and inaccurate. Not even his biggest enabler was white, he was Japanese with money raised from Arabs. To give you context as to how it comes across to a poor straight, white male, it would be as if you were to say Kanye and P. Diddy are very successful rappers, but they are privileged because they’re straight and black. Therefore anything immoral that they do they’ve been able to do because they are straight and black. It doesn’t read right does it. It actually reads as if you’re a bigot. Focusing on an aspect that is utterly irrelevant but in line with your personal opinions about people with a certain skin colour. Actually, we can use Adam and Sunny to blame it on migrants. How seriously would you take that interpretation of events? There was as many prominent migrants involved at the heart of the scandals as there are straight white men…more in fact… In my personal opinion, I view what you do and what you deem racist as identical. Morally equivalent. There is no difference. Apart from your racism, you do pretty good analysis videos on WeWork.

There’s a difference between being rich and wealthy. There is also a difference between being white and of Hebrew descent..

the whole time I just wanted them just STOP kissing, just stop it's so stupid.

Felicidades, es un buen ejemplo. 462 sentadillas son unos SEXTINDER.Uno muchas y un buen ejercicio. Se deja ver que hay muy buenos resultados 😍👍 Saludos desde la Cd.. de world 🌹😉💖 los mortalesi abian apreciado tan hermosa mujer.k

Lack of diversity at the top conversation is so annoying. Say i want a handout without saying it

Yoga babble is not BS. The way these ppl use it is.

having more kids does not harm the environment. it is more so the overconsumptuon of the wealthy and the waste, such as iPhones and fast fashion.

What does 6 children have to do with destroying the planet?