S1 E2: The Failed Deal That Doomed WeWork (no, not the one you're thinking of)
The Closer: Deals Change the World
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Adam Mossa's Story of a Successful Investment in WeWork
Mossa was actually coming to meet Donald Trump who was then the president of the LAC. They get very much stuck in midtown traffic. And over the course of this say 45 minute-ish car ride up to Trump Tower, they start talking about what an investment in WeWork by SoftBank would look like. Adam starts talking about what he'd do with the money. He sort of looked together, sketched out a map of the world and how WeWork would take over the world. It took him 28 minutes to get Masah to write his $4 billion check.
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