14.01.2019 • 9 Min.

SoftBank changed course when it scaled back plans for an investment in WeWork from $16bn to $2bn. The FT’s Eric Platt spoke with US business editor Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson about what led to the cut in investment and why an IPO might come sooner than expected. Read Eric’s reporting here and Andrew’s profile on WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann here. Contributors: Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, US business editor and Eric Platt, US mergers & acquisitions correspondent. Producer: Jennifer Sigl. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.