Picture of Robin Daniels, former CMO at WeWork now at LMS365

Interview

July 7, 2023

WeWork’s ex-CMO returns to Denmark to bag the IPO he couldn’t with Adam Neumann

LMS365 will be Robin Daniels fourth attempt and third IPO if everything goes to plan

Mimi Billing

4 min read

Robin Daniels is best known for being the chief marketing officer at one of the most iconic — and controversial — VC-backed companies of the last decade: WeWork.

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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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