Adam Neumann gives up on his plan to buy back WeWork [Video]

Adam Neumann is abandoning his plans to re-acquire WeWork.

Last month, the company announced a separate plan to emerge from bankruptcy that cut him out of its future.

Now, Neumann is stepping away.

And the entrepreneur told Business Insider he’s not exactly hopeful about the company’s new path.

“For several months, we tried to work constructively with WeWork to create a strategy that would allow it to thrive,” Neumann said in a statement. “Instead, the company looks to be emerging from bankruptcy with a plan that appears unrealistic and unlikely to succeed.”

The New York Times’ Dealbook was the first to report that Neumann was throwing in the towel.

A representative for Neumann previously told Business Insider he’d submitted a bid of about $650 million.

The deal WeWork chose includes $450 million in equity funding and plans to wipe away billions in debt.

WeWork was once a Wall Street darling with a stunning $47 billion valuation driven in large part by Neumann’s own ambitious pronouncements.

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