Meet Rebekah Paltrow Neumann, WeWork co-founder – and Gwyneth Paltrow’s cousin
Paltrow Neumann has been described as CEO Adam Neumann’s ‘strategic thought partner’
Rebekah Paltrow Neumann once wanted to be an actress, she told Fast Company. Later, she became a certified yoga instructor. Then she became the chief brand and impact officer of The We Company, which on Wednesday filed to go public.
Paltrow Neumann co-founded the company – originally known by its most famous business, WeWork – alongside her husband, Adam Neumann, and Miguel McKelvey in 2010. She was also an early employee at the first co-working company Adam Neumann and McKelvey founded, Greendesk, according to Fast Company.
Ahead of The We Company’s initial public offering (IPO), Paltrow Neumann has turned her attention to WeGrow, the private primary school run by the company.
Neumann declined to comment through a WeWork representative.
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Rebekah Paltrow Neumann is described in The We Company’s S-1 filing as one of the co-founders and CEO Adam Neumann’s “strategic thought partner”.
“Rebekah has been a strategic thought partner to Adam since our founding and has 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,” the filing says.