Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Anant Yardi will not be caught up in any private jet mischief like Adam Neumann. The low-key California software tycoon is set to take over WeWork on Thursday when a federal bankruptcy court hands control of the co-working business the hustling Neumann once ran to its creditors.Yardi, an engineer who immigrated from India in 1968, has quietly amassed a multibillion-dollar fortune over four decades selling property management software to commercial and residential landlords. Yardi Systems, the business he started with his wife Eileen, remains family-owned even as its annual revenues approach $3bn.Less than two years ago, Yardi put in more than $200mn in equity and debt through an anonymous vehicle to prop up WeWork. He agreed to inject another $337.5mn two months ago to counter an offer from Neumann, who wanted back into the company that had funded his jet-setting party lifestyle until his abrupt exit in 2019. Yardi favoured economy seating on commercial flights until back problems recently sent him to business class. But by gaining control of one of the most polarising companies in recent memory, he will become a pivotal figure shaping the future of urban real estate, with a public profile he has been unused to. \u201cWeWork is such a popular and well-known brand, it didn\u2019t seem right to let it go down,\u201d Yardi explained in an interview with the Financial Times. \u201cI realise financial decisions are not made on right and wrong. But there\u2019s also a tremendous opportunity in terms of turning around WeWork.\u201d Judge John Sherwood of the New Jersey district bankruptcy court is set to confirm a reorganisation plan on Thursday that will wipe out $4bn of existing WeWork loans and bonds. That will end a seven-month process in which WeWork cut its aggregate rent liability by a projected $12bn.In April, WeWork advisers pegged its official new enterprise value at roughly $750mn, sharply below its peak private market valuation of $47bn, and projected that its annual revenue would double to $2.5bn by 2028.Neumann, in court filings, challenged that outlook as too optimistic but Yardi said he was comfortable with the figures. WeWork\u2019s operating costs have \u201cbeen contained\u201d, he said: \u201c[WeWork\u2019s] in a good spot. The balance sheet looks very good to us.\u201dThe billions in equity invested in WeWork as a private company and when it went public through a special purpose acquisition company have gone. Holders of its pre-bankruptcy debt may recover just 5 cents on the dollar.The bankruptcy proved expensive enough that creditors were asked to put in $450mn of new cash. Yardi Systems put in the largest share, giving it a majority stake in the new WeWork. Other lenders including SoftBank and King Street will have minority stakes.After the bankruptcy, Yardi wants to expand WeWork\u2019s marketing to small businesses and to embrace technology used by hotels, such as real-time bookings. The company also hopes to launch an affiliate programme, in which it would team up with other co-working operators.\u201cOur view of co-working is that it\u2019s an interesting combination of hospitality or hotelling, apartment leasing and commercial leasing,\u201d he said.This is new territory for Yardi\u2019s asset-light software company, but he said he had no doubts that he could make a success of WeWork. \u201cIf there were doubts, I think we would\u2019ve been much more cautious.\u201dThe companies will be managed as separate entities.Office properties have been under pressure but Yardi told the FT that their owners should embrace flexible space to make better use of vacant space.\u00a0Over time, he said, \u201coffice buildings will continue to be in demand, and flex will be an integral part of all office buildings\u201d.He has kept a low profile, in stark contrast to Neumann\u2019s fondness for appearing in the media, sometimes with celebrities, to promote his start-up. Neumann tried throughout the bankruptcy to get a foothold in WeWork, first by offering $200mn in financing, and then with an unsolicited offer of more than $550mn.During the proceedings, Neumann objected to the company\u2019s plan to let existing lenders including Yardi determine WeWork\u2019s fate, calling Yardi \u201ca potential insider\u201d.Yardi declined to comment on the allegation. Neumann withdrew his objection on Tuesday and abandoned his bid.\u201cFor several months, we tried to work constructively with WeWork to create a strategy that would allow it to thrive,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cInstead, the company looks to be emerging from bankruptcy with a plan that appears unrealistic and unlikely to succeed.\u201dAcquiring WeWork was not part of Yardi\u2019s original plan, but came about unexpectedly in recent weeks after the company disclosed its cash crunch, Yardi said. Yardi Systems and WeWork first teamed up in 2022 on an office management and data analytics product. WeWork then turned to Yardi for help when it restructured its debts in early 2023. At that time, the software group agreed to buy $175mn in secured notes and about $40mn in shares through a legal entity called Cupar Grimmond.Its identity was a mystery until April, when the FT revealed that Yardi was behind the pseudonym. It combines Cupar, the town Eileen Yardi\u2019s ancestors immigrated from in Scotland, and Grimmond, a family name.Then WeWork made an even bigger ask: whether Yardi would be willing to become its majority owner with the second investment, taking its total commitment above $500mn.Yardi Systems is happy going unnoticed by most of the business world, but it is well-known in real estate circles as a back-end software company with a large market share.\u201cEvery commercial landlord I\u2019ve ever spoken to uses Yardi Systems. Anyone sizeable \u2014 shopping mall, apartment building \u2014 they use Yardi,\u201d said Daniel Gielchinsky, a partner at DGIM Law who often advises on real estate matters.In contrast to WeWork\u2019s dash for growth, its evolution has been more measured. Yardi fondly recalls his wife writing its first tech manual and says the family has no interest in taking the company public.\u201cI\u2019m hoping that over the course of time, most people will know RentCafe and WeWork,\u201d Yardi said, referring to the prominent online rent payment platform Yardi Systems runs, whose customers do not associate it with the parent company. \u201cAnd Yardi can go into its shell.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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