One of the first businesses he started was Krawlers, which sold baby clothes with knee pads.
"At the time, I was misguided and putting my energy into all the wrong places," Neumann told Business Insider.
After Neumann met his wife Rebekah, they lived an East Village studio "apartment smaller than this office," Neumann told Business Insider.
Neuman would go on to set his sights on bigger and better real estate once WeWork became successful.
Sources: Business Insider, Business Insider