WeWork's new co-CEOs will seek to bring order to the chaos caused by botched IPO

Years before he stepped down as chief executive officer of WeWork amid the wreckage of an over-hyped public offering, Adam Neumann was hosting an industry executive for an early lunch at the company’s headquarters. It was the summer of 2017, and he brought the executive over to the office of one of his deputies, Artie Minson. “This is Artie,” Neumann said. “He’s the adult in the room.”