The reported public valuation of the company is currently around $10 billion,[12] less than the $12.8 billion it had raised since 2010.[2] In October 2019, The Wall Street Journal reported that Neumann would receive close to $1.7 billion from stakeholder SoftBank for stepping down from WeWork's board and severing most of his ties to the company.[14] According to WeWorkers Coalition, he is retained as a consultant with an annual salary of $46 million.[15] The New York Times called the company's failed effort to go public and related turmoil, "an implosion unlike any other in the history of start-ups", which it attributed to Neumann's questionable tenure and the easy money previously provided to him by SoftBank, led by Masayoshi Son.[16]