WeWork Expects to Have Positive Cash Flow in 2021: Report

New York-based WeWork is currently in the middle of executing a five-year turnaround plan set out this year.

By Reuters | Updated: 13 July 2020 12:09 IST

WeWork Expects to Have Positive Cash Flow in 2021: Report

WeWork has gone through a tumultuous period since abandoning its IPO in September

Highlights

WeWork has reduced its workforce by more than 8,000 people
WeWork is currently in the middle of executing a 5-year turnaround plan
WeWork did not have any further comment beyond the FT interview

WeWork Executive Chairman Marcelo Claure said the office-sharing company was on course to have positive cash flow in 2021, a year earlier than a target the company set in February, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Claure, in an interview with the newspaper, said WeWork has seen strong demand for its office spaces since the start of the coronavirus outbreak.

The SoftBank-controlled company has also reduced its workforce by more than 8,000 people, renegotiated leases and sold off assets to reduce its cash burn and shed costs, FT said.

New York-based WeWork is currently in the middle of executing a five-year turnaround plan set out this year and is shaking up its top management ranks under Claure.

The plan included a target of reaching operating profitability by the end of next year and Claure told the FT that WeWork remains on track to meet it.

"Everybody thought WeWork was mission impossible," Claure, who is also a SoftBank executive, was quoted as saying by the FT. "And now, a year from now, you are going to see WeWork to basically be a profitable venture with an incredible diversity of assets."

WeWork told Reuters it did not have any further comment beyond the FT interview.

The company has gone through a tumultuous period since abandoning its initial public offering (IPO) in September. It was forced to push out co-founder Adam Neumann last year after SoftBank and other shareholders turned on him over his management style, his numerous conflicts of interest and his handling of the IPO.

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