Unpredictable WeWork Picks Nasdaq at Eleventh Hour for IPO

  • WeWork’s IPO plans have been undergoing big changes this week
  • WeWork had applied to both exchanges and kept both in the dark

Members work in the cafeteria of the WeWork Cos Inc. 85 Broad Street offices in Manhattan.

Photographer: David 'Dee' Delgado/Bloomberg
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It wasn’t until late Thursday that the call Nasdaq executives were waiting for finally came through.

WeWork’s Adam Neumann had picked Nasdaq over the more vaunted New York Stock Exchange for his hipster office company’s listing.