Sebastian Gunningham
Sebastian Gunningham | |
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| Born | Sebastian J. Gunningham July 9, 1962 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Occupation | Former Co-CEO of WeWork |
| Years active | 1985-current |
| Spouse | Lisa Gunningham |
Sebastian J. Gunningham (born 1962) is the 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, 500km 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]
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.[5][2] Starting in 1999, Gunningham also led the US Aerospace, Automotive and Industrial sectors for Oracle, based out of San Francisco and Miami.[6]
Apple
In 2002, Gunningham joined Apple as the VP for Enterprise.[7]
Peace Software
Gunningham became CEO of Peace Software in 2004.[8] Peace Software developed and commercialized a billing system for deregulated Utilities globally. The company was based out of Miami, with its core engineering and development center located in Auckland, NZ.[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] Over that period, Gunningham led the development and growth of Fulfillment by Amazon, the Amazon Website Platform, and the Amazon Payments Division.[13]
WeWork
In 2018, Gunningham joined WeWork as a vice chairman.[14] 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.[15][16]
Personal life
In October 2018, his 8,250 square-foot house in Medina, Washington was listed for sale at $21 million.[17]
References
- ^ a b "WeWork new co-CEOs Artie Minson and Sebastian Gunningham". The Real Deal National. 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
- ^ a b c d e McBride, Sarah. "WeWork Gets Two New CEOs: "This Is Artie. He's the Adult in the Room"". Bloomberg.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Guest Speakers". NYU - Leonard N. Stern School of Business. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Baertlein, Lisa. "Oracle senior VP of sales resigns". ZDNet. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- ^ 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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ 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.
- ^ "Peace software". Crunchbase. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
- ^ McBride, Sarah. "WeWork Gets Two New CEOs: "This Is Artie. He's the Adult in the Room"". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Profile". Crunchbase. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Meet WeWork's new co-CEOs". The Real Deal. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ McNamara, Neal (24 October 2018). "Ex-Amazon Exec's $21 Million Medina Home For Sale". MSN. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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