WeWork Co-CEOs to receive $8.3M each if they are fired

WeWork to pay out as much as $17 million to its new Co-Chief Executive Officers if they are fired or leave under certain circumstances, Times claims.

The Financial Times reports that WeWork would pay out nearly $17 million to its new Co-Chief Executives should they be fired or leave under circumstances including diminution of their duties, cuts to their pay, or involuntary relocation.

Documents reviewed by the Financial Times and sources familiar with the matter also said the company's Chief Legal Officer, Jennifer Berrent, would receive $1.5 million if ousted under the same circumstances. The exit packages were said to be negotiated under SoftBank's acquisition of the venture real-estate company, which has laid off thousands of employees and scaled back its global expansion following a disastrous attempt at an initial public offering.

Co-CEOs Artie Minson and Sebastian Gunningham took over WeWork after its Co-Founder and CEO, Adam Neumann, stepped down, receiving a $1.6 billion exit package. 

The Financial Times reported recently that Neumann could earn hundreds of millions of dollars more under a revised agreement that altered the terms of his remaining financial interests in the company. Berrent's revised contract also reportedly means she would not have to repay $12 million worth of retention bonuses after leaving, something she could have had to do previously.

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