# In a live interview, Professor Scott Galloway discusses the value of WeWork following SoftBank's $9.5 billion majority takeover

1 Faculty News October 23, 2019 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg192x144.jpg?itok=yV529lwz)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-10-23/wework-s-enterprise-value-worth-less-than-zero-nyu-s-galloway-says-video) -- "'There is value here. There's a global brand that has evolved the workspace on a unit level--there probably are some properties that make money. The issue is, if you then back out the $43 billion in long-term leases that have an average duration of 15 years, you likely have a company that's not only worth less than $8 billion, it's probably got negative value.'"

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