Rebekah

Lore & Background

Neumann, the daughter of Evelyn and Bob Paltrow, grew up in Bedford, New York, and attended the Horace Mann School. Her father had a direct mail business and spent a number of years in prison for tax evasion. She studied business and Buddhism at Cornell University. She became a certified Jivamukti yoga instructor, receiving her certification from the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies. She is a first cousin of actress Gwyneth Paltrow. Neumann is a practicing Jew. She went by the nickname Rebi during her yoga training. After college, she entered Salomon Smith Barney's Sales and Trading Program. In the early 2010s, she acted in and produced short films using the screen name Rebekah Keith. In 2019, she began calling herself a cofounder of WeWork. She founded WeGrow in 2017. In September 2019, she stepped down as CEO of WeGrow and relinquished her role in The We Company. In October 2019, it was announced that WeGrow would close. In 2020, she bought back some of WeGrow's assets and started Student of Life for Life (SOLFL). She married Adam Neumann in 2008; they have six children.

Reader's Guide

The source article does not mention any biblical figure named Rebekah. The entry should not include any reference to the Genesis narrative, Bethuel, Milcah, Nahor, Abraham, Jacob, Isaac, or Laban, as those are absent from the source.

Did You Know?

• Neumann is a first cousin of actress Gwyneth Paltrow.
• She went by the nickname Rebi during her yoga training.
• She acted in and produced short films using the screen name Rebekah Keith.
• She has come under criticism for endorsing unscientific beliefs, such as the idea that meat has emotional memory.