The Wing was a women-focused social club and co-working space[1] with offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Boston.

[6] After complaints about how The Wing failed to address racist behavior of its members, and an employee walkout, Gelman stepped down as CEO in June 2020.

This announcement was issued by email to its members, many of whom took to the company's still-active social media to express disdain about the short notice communication.

[9] The initial idea for The Wing stemmed from Gelman's desire for a space to change and relax between business meetings as she lived in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, but worked in SoHo, Manhattan, and in Washington, D.C.

[12] The company raised $2.4 million from majority women seed investors including SoulCycle's Julie Rice and Elizabeth Cutler as well as Birchbox's Hayley Barna.

[13] The Wing closed its Series A funding round led by early-stage venture firm New Enterprise Associates in April 2017.

[30] Pietrangelo, a man described by TechCrunch as "the dictionary definition of litigious",[31] filed a lawsuit in August 2018, which claimed that The Wing's policy violated the District of Columbia's Human Right Act.

[32] In December 2018, the company closed a $75-million Series C funding round which was led by Sequoia Capital, and including investors Upfront Ventures, Airbnb and others.

[33] Among the investors were leaders of the Time's Up movement including Valerie Jarrett, Robbie Kaplan, Katie McGrath, Hilary Rosen, and Kerry Washington.

[2][40] The first draft of subway ads for this new location were rejected by the MBTA for touching on "political issues or matters of public debate" and being potentially demeaning to a group of people (in this case, men).

"[40][41] The Wing's headquarters opened in the former Stuyvesant Polyclinic in East Village, Manhattan, the same month, occupying all 22,000 square feet (2,000 m2) of the clinic building.

The scholarships were "aimed at individuals who are currently underrepresented in their member pool and who are working to advance the position of women and girls in society — specifically, those in the fields of teaching, nonprofit, social services, and advocacy.

This included giving their remaining part-time employees medical benefits, stock options, and increasing their wages to at least $16.50 per hour.

"[57] Episodes have focused on Stephanie St. Clair, a leader of a Harlem-based criminal syndicate; Ana Mendieta, a Cuban-American artist;[58] and Ida B.

[59] A spokeswoman said The Wing had always "maintained employment best practices," and CEO Audrey Gelman said that these concerns were being addressed by raising wages, increasing employee benefits, instituting a code of conduct for members, and changing the organizational structure.