[larkinrichards]

I don’t mean to speak in support of the CEO, and I don’t say this to support WeWork.

> The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Mr. Neumann had taken marijuana on a flight from New York to Israel.

In this day and age, where we have businesses that legally sell weed, this sort of commentary appears to be a pointless inclusion of “salacious” details. It is irrelevant to the discussion of whether WeWork has a legitimate growth model or whether the CEO is doing the “right” thing.

I suspect that SoftBank is attempting to win this battle in the court of public opinion, because they bought shares that didn’t have the same voting rights as Mr Neumann’s shares, and they now regret that decision.

[nradov]

The concern is not over the marijuana use per se, but over illegal drug smuggling across international borders. That shows a major lack of judgment and could have resulted in serious consequences for the charter company if they had been caught. Based on that behavior and other reports I suspect Adam Neumann suffers from narcissistic personality disorder.

[larkinrichards]

That seems like a serious diagnosis for anyone to make based off of news coverage alone. I don’t think we are helping the dialog when we propagate such ideas.

[nihonde]

I also don’t mean to judge, but (right or wrong) marijuana use in Japan is still absolutely scandalous and seen as a major transgression that ends careers. That might explain why someone misjudged the appetite for this “scandal”.