BowX Acquisition Corp. Completes Business Combination with WeWork
October 20, 2021
BowX Acquisition Corp. and WeWork completed their business combination on October 20, 2021, taking WeWork public; the combined company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "WE" on October 21, 2021. The deal provided WeWork approximately $1.3 billion in gross cash proceeds (including trust-account cash, a fully committed PIPE and an equity backstop from Cushman & Wakefield) and left Marcelo Claure and Sandeep Mathrani in leadership roles as Executive Chairman and CEO, respectively.
- Buyers
- BowX Acquisition Corp., Cushman & Wakefield, Unspecified PIPE investors
- Targets
- WeWork Inc.
- Industry
- Real Estate
- Location
- New York, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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