WeWork CEO给自己公司当房东,赚得数百万美元

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Neumann已经通过将自己持有的多处物业出租给WeWork赚了数百万美元。非上市公司WeWork是美国估值最高的初创企业之一。该公司的多名投资者说,这种安排让他们感到担忧,因为存在潜在利益冲突,该公司CEO可能从租金或其他条款中获益。

WeWork发言人称,所有关联方交易都经过董事会或一个独立委员会审核批准,并向投资者进行了披露。Neumann通过发言人表示不予置评。

WeWork首先与房主签署办公空间长期租赁协议,随后再转租给短期租赁者。近期投资者软银集团股份有限公司(SoftBank Group Corp., 9984.TO)对其的估值为470亿美元。现年39岁的首席执行长Neumann于2010年创办了WeWork,他是该公司最大的个人股东,持有该公司表决控制权。

获得公司表决控制权之前,Neumann至少有一次无法完成类似交易。据知情人士称,2013年WeWork谈判一栋芝加哥大楼的租约时,作为交易的一部分,他曾试图收购该大楼至多5%股权。该大楼位于N. Green St.的210-220号。一位知情人士表示,WeWork董事会担心此举存在潜在利益冲突,最终这些股权被WeWork收购。

第二年,Neumann取得公司控制权。根据WeWork的备案文件,在2014年WeWork的一轮投资中,他获得的B类股票赋予他每股10票表决权,现在,他控制着该公司超过65%的股票表决权。

Neumann自那以来通过投资者团体购买了若干处物业,并把其中一些租给了WeWork。

Source: WeWork CEO给自己公司当房东,赚得数百万美元 – 华尔街日报

Huawei Targeted in U.S. Criminal Probe for Alleged Theft of Trade Secrets

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During the course of the business relationship, Huawei employees asked detailed questions about the robot and repeatedly sought information about proprietary technology, the T-Mobile lawsuit claimed.

In one alleged instance, two Huawei employees slipped a third one into a testing lab to take unauthorized photos of the robot. One employee also tried to hide the fingerlike tip of “Tappy” behind a computer monitor so that it would be out of view of a security camera, and then tried to sneak the tip out of the lab in his laptop-computer bag, according to the lawsuit.

That employee later admitted that he took the component because Huawei’s research and development office believed the information would improve its own robot, the lawsuit said.

Source: Huawei Targeted in U.S. Criminal Probe for Alleged Theft of Trade Secrets – WSJ