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WeWork’s Adam Neumann offered package worth up to $1.7 billion to step down from board — CNBC

Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann will get about $1.7 billion in stock, cash and credit to walk away from the company and give up his voting rights, writes Todd Haselton and Alex Sherman.

Here is the link: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/22/weworks-adam-neumann-to-get-200-million-to-leave-board-report-says.html

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