Seattle has given beginning to a number of precocious companies – Nordstrom, Boeing, Microsoft, Amazon, Costco and Starbucks amongst them – and has watched them develop past their hometown to develop into nationwide and world-class manufacturers.
After a wedding with McDonnell Douglas in 1997, Boeing deserted its birthplace headquarters and ran off to Chicago. For essentially the most half, although, the entrepreneurial offspring have stayed near residence.
Nonetheless, locals get nervous every time one among these profitable entities begins in search of alternatives somewhere else. When Amazon opened a second headquarters in Arlington, Va., in 2023, folks puzzled if it is likely to be the beginning of an exodus to the East. Up to now, although, solely Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, has moved from the Northwest to the opposite nook of the nation.
Now, Bezos has a brand new neighbor in Florida, Starbucks’ former head honcho, Howard Schultz, and the company itself has announced that a new satellite headquarters is being established in Nashville. Starbucks administration insists there isn’t a plan to go away Seattle, however no one actually believes company PR.
Will Starbucks’ pretty, green-haired mermaid be leaving the Emerald Metropolis to take up residence within the Music Metropolis? In all probability not, however, like dad and mom seeing their youngsters develop up, we by no means need our offspring to stray too removed from residence.
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