WeWork buys PE-backed Naked Hub in Asia expansion drive
US-based co-working space operator WeWork has acquired industry peer Naked Hub, which is backed by Hong Kong-based Gaw Capital Partners, as part of a continued expansion in China and Southeast Asia.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed but Bloomberg reported that it was worth about $400 million. Naked Hub was established in 2015 by Grant Horsfield and Delphine Yip-Horsfield as part of hospitality...
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