Sebastian Gunningham

Sebastian J. Gunningham (born 1962) is the former co-chief executive (co-CEO), with Artie Minson, of WeWork.

Early life Gunningham was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He grew up on a ranch near the town of General Villegas, 500 km west of Buenos Aires.

Career Gunningham worked for information technology companies including Automation Technology Products and Cimplex Corporation.

Gunningham was senior vice president of Amazon Marketplace from 2007 to 2018. Gunningham and Minson were replaced by Sandeep Mathrani in February 2020.

Oracle Gunningham joined Oracle in 1988.

Apple In 2002, Gunningham joined Apple as the VP for Enterprise.

Peace Software Gunningham became CEO of Peace Software in 2004. Peace Software had customers in Europe, US, and Australia. Peace Software was successfully acquired by First Data Corporation in December 2006.

Amazon In March 2007, Gunningham joined Amazon as the SVP for Marketplace 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. 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.

Personal life In October 2018, his 8,250 square-foot house in Medina, Washington was listed for sale at $21 million.