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The Man Who Convinced SoftBank That Office Space Was a Religion

A twelve-minute pitch in a car became the most expensive bet in venture capital history

Adam Neumann raised $47 billion by arguing that WeWork was not a real estate company — it was a consciousness movement. The remarkable thing is not that he failed. It's how long everyone with access to the numbers chose to believe him.

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