Sebastian Gunningham

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Sebastian Gunningham
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Born
Sebastian J. Gunningham

(1962-07-09) July 9, 1962 (age 59)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStanford University
OccupationFormer Co-CEO of WeWork
Years active1985-current
SuccessorSandeep Mathrani
Spouse(s)Lisa Gunningham

Sebastian J. Gunningham (born 1962) is the former co-chief executive (co-CEO), with Artie Minson, of WeWork.

Early life[]

Gunningham was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[citation needed] He grew up on a ranch near the town of General Villegas, 500 km west of Buenos Aires.[1][2] He left Argentina to attend University in the US and graduated from Stanford University in 1985 with a degree in Mathematical Sciences.[1][2]

Career[]

Gunningham worked for information technology companies including Automation Technology Products and Cimplex Corporation.[3]

Gunningham was senior vice president of Amazon Marketplace from 2007 to 2018.[4] In 2018, he joined WeWork as vice chair and chief automation officer.[4]

In September 2019, it was announced that Adam Neumann was leaving as CEO and would be replaced by Gunningham and Artie Minson as co-CEOs.[4] Gunningham and Minson were replaced by Sandeep Mathrani in February 2020.[5]

Oracle[]

Gunningham joined Oracle in 1988.[3][4][2] Over the next 10 years, Gunningham became an SVP at Oracle and grew the Latin America business to over $1B in revenues across more than 13 countries.[6][2] Starting in 1999, Gunningham also led the US Aerospace, Automotive and Industrial sectors for Oracle, based out of San Francisco and Miami.[7]

Apple[]

In 2002, Gunningham joined Apple as the VP for Enterprise.[8]

Peace Software[]

Gunningham became CEO of Peace Software in 2004.[9] Peace Software had customers in Europe, US, and Australia.[10] Peace Software was successfully acquired by First Data Corporation in December 2006.[11]

Amazon[]

In March 2007, Gunningham joined Amazon as the SVP for Marketplace[12] and a member of the executive S-Team, reporting to Jeff Bezos. Over the next 11 years, Gunningham would lead one of the fastest growing segments of the Amazon business, growing 3rd party Sellers business to over 50% of total units in 2018.[2]

WeWork[]

In 2018, Gunningham joined WeWork as a vice chairman.[13] In September 2019, the WeWork Board of Directors named Gunningham Co-CEO of WeWork, replacing WeWork founder and CEO Adam Neumann, to execute a plan to recover from a postponed IPO, fund the company and restructure its core operations.[14][15]

Personal life[]

In October 2018, his 8,250 square-foot house in Medina, Washington was listed for sale at $21 million.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "WeWork new co-CEOs Artie Minson and Sebastian Gunningham". The Real Deal National. 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e McBride, Sarah. "WeWork Gets Two New CEOs: "This Is Artie. He's the Adult in the Room"". Bloomberg.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Guest Speakers". NYU - Leonard N. Stern School of Business. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Morris, Meghan (24 September 2019). "WeWork will replace Adam Neumann with two new CEOs. Here's everything we know about Sebastian Gunningham and Artie Minson". Business Insider. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  5. ^ Eavis, Peter (2020-02-01). "WeWork Names Veteran Real Estate Executive as New Chief". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
  6. ^ Morris, Aaron Holmes, Meghan. "WeWork will replace Adam Neumann with two new CEOs. Here's everything we know about Sebastian Gunningham and Artie Minson". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  7. ^ Baertlein, Lisa. "Oracle senior VP of sales resigns". ZDNet. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  8. ^ Morris, Aaron Holmes, Meghan. "WeWork will replace Adam Neumann with two new CEOs. Here's everything we know about Sebastian Gunningham and Artie Minson". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  9. ^ Holmes, Aaron. "WeWork will replace Adam Neumann with two new CEOs. Here's everything we know about Sebastian Gunningham and Artie Minson". Business Insider. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  10. ^ "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  11. ^ McBride, Sarah. "WeWork Gets Two New CEOs: "This Is Artie. He's the Adult in the Room"". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  12. ^ Morris, Aaron Holmes, Meghan. "WeWork will replace Adam Neumann with two new CEOs. Here's everything we know about Sebastian Gunningham and Artie Minson". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  13. ^ Holmes, Aaron. "WeWork will replace Adam Neumann with two new CEOs. Here's everything we know about Sebastian Gunningham and Artie Minson". Business Insider. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  14. ^ Holmes, Aaron. "WeWork will replace Adam Neumann with two new CEOs. Here's everything we know about Sebastian Gunningham and Artie Minson". Business Insider. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  15. ^ "Meet WeWork's new co-CEOs". The Real Deal. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  16. ^ McNamara, Neal (24 October 2018). "Ex-Amazon Exec's $21 Million Medina Home For Sale". MSN. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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