SoftBank, WeWork’s Largest Investor, Takes Control of the Embattled Office Company, With Co-founder Adam Neumann Stepping Down Posted byMeghan Morris October 22, 2019 Leave a comment on SoftBank, WeWork’s Largest Investor, Takes Control of the Embattled Office Company, With Co-founder Adam Neumann Stepping Down The $8 billion deal is dramatically less than the office company’s original valuation of $47 billion.