(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 9, 2019 Adam Neumann attends WeWork Presents Second Annual Creator Global Finals at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. - Japan-based SoftBank will take control of WeWork in a bailout plan that will see the office-sharing startup's co-founder Adam Neumann exit the board, a person close to the matter said on October 22, 2019. SoftBank, which already holds 29 percent of WeWork, will invest at least $5 billion more, the source said. About $1.7 billion will go to Neumann, who will step down. (Photo by Jean Baptiste Lacroix / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)