Before he was a billionaire, WeWork CEO Adam Neumann was broke. Here's the NYC building where he and his wife lived in a tiny apartment before he built a $47 billion company

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Neumann and his wife, Rebekah, in 2009, shortly after they began dating. Rebekah is WeWork's chief brand officer and the founder and CEO of WeGrow.

• WeWork CEO Adam Neumann's coworking company is worth $47 billion.
• Neumann himself is worth an estimated $4.1 billion, according to Forbes, but the WeWork CEO hasn't always been rich.
• Neumann and his wife, Rebekah, once lived in a tiny apartment at 166 2nd Avenue in New York City, he told Business Insider's Alyson Shontell and Rich Feloni.
• Here's a look inside the East Village building, where a studio apartment is now renting for $3,098.
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WeWork CEO Adam Neumann's coworking company is worth $47 billion, but not too long ago, he was broke.

Neumann and his wife, Rebekah, once lived "at 166 2nd Avenue [in New York City] in an apartment smaller than this office," he told Business Insider's Alyson Shontell and Rich Feloni in a recent interview.

Today, a studio apartment in the East Village building is renting for $3,098, and the median monthly rent in the neighborhood is $3,150.

Here's a look inside the New York building where Neumann and his wife lived before they were billionaires.