WeWork may have gotten its start by giving entrepreneurs and other startups a formal — if funky — place to do business. But since the coworking space provider launched in 2010, it has expanded rapidly, both in its own footprint and in that of its clients. Just how big? WeWork, which has 140 locations in 44 cities worldwide, says 10% of its members today are Fortune 500 companies.
WeWork deals in "Space as a Service." Through that model, the company builds out floors of pre-existing buildings to serve a range of desk-based work needs, leases desks or full offices to clients, and then manages those spaces.