It all began to crumble in 2019, when the company began an IPO, which would have made them a public company. Before the IPO began, they were valued at $47 billion, but once proper attention was paid to their financials, it was discovered that WeWork was actually only worth $10 billion. It was disclosed that – in 2018 alone – the company had lost $2 billion. It had gone from astronomical heights to near bankruptcy in six weeks. The fantasy of WeWork then began to unravel, with several lawsuits hitting the company that year – most of which centred on race and gender discrimination and sexual harassment.