# Professor Aswath Damodaran's blog post on WeWork's valuation is featured

1 Faculty News September 10, 2019 ![CNBC logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027305.jpg?itok=Ipx0jiaQ)>

Excerpt from [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/10/aswath-damodaran-wework-is-worth-70percent-below-where-it-last-raised-money.html) -- "Aswath Damodaran, professor of finance at the Stern School of Business at NYU, who is sometimes called the 'dean of valuation,' analyzed the start-up’s prospectus filed in August. Based on that pre-IPO paperwork, he said WeWork’s equity is worth $14 billion — about 70% below its latest private market valuation."

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