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The Texas Stock Exchange, approved by the SEC last year, is challenging New York and Nasdaq by securing primary listings from major firms like Energy Transfer and Dillard’s. Former Rep. Jeb Hensarling argues this move completes Texas’s transformation into a comprehensive financial center, complementing its existing advantages in corporate relocation and incorporation laws.
David Ellison confirmed Skydance will remain in Los Angeles, but the threat of relocation has already given the company leverage in its antitrust settlement with state regulators.
Tennessee has extended a relocation pitch to Paramount Skydance to move its Hollywood headquarters amid California’s legal battle to block the Warner Bros. Discovery merger, highlighting a broader trend of California-based firms relocating for lower taxes and friendlier business environments, with Oracle already moving its world HQ to Nashville and other companies such as Nissan, Mitsubishi, Carl’s Jr., and In-N-Out establishing Tennessee presences.
Nashville is emerging as a pro‑business rival to New York City as major firms relocate staff to lower-cost states—Apollo Global Management eyes a second US HQ in Nashville, Starbucks pledges a 2,000‑job Nashville hub, and AllianceBernstein moved its HQ there—while Citadel and Goldman Sachs weigh Florida and Dallas expansions. NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s tax‑increase proposals are cited as a factor, with NYC facing potential losses of thousands of financial jobs and hundreds of millions in annual tax revenue as firms move south.
Hedge fund titan Ken Griffin says Mayor Mamdani’s 'tax the rich' video spurred Citadel to scale back NYC plans and shift investment toward Miami, warning that up to 2,700 finance jobs and about $168 million in tax revenue could leave New York; Apollo Global Management weighs a 1,000-employee hub in Florida or Texas as Citadel expands in Miami, while Mamdani defends tax reform aimed at funding city services and reducing inequality.
Starbucks will open a new corporate office in Nashville, Tennessee, relocating select Seattle supply-chain jobs as it expands its North American footprint; Seattle will remain the North America and Global Support HQ, with additional roles potentially shifting to Nashville over time. Seattle employees can relocate with support, and Tennessee officials welcome the investment as part of the company's regional growth strategy.
Texas has enacted new laws that make it easier for companies to relocate from Delaware by shifting power from shareholders to management, reducing shareholder protections, and potentially weakening investor influence, as part of a broader competition among states to attract corporate charters.
Tesla plans to ask shareholders to reinstate a $56 billion compensation package for CEO Elon Musk that was rejected by a Delaware judge, and to move the company's corporate home from Delaware to Texas. The rejected package was potentially worth about $55.8 billion over 10 years starting in 2018. The company also faces challenges such as eroding stock value, declining electric vehicle sales, and Musk's demand to own 25% of Tesla shares for pursuing artificial intelligence and robotics at the company.
Tesla plans to ask shareholders to reinstate a $56 billion compensation package for CEO Elon Musk that was rejected by a Delaware judge, and to move the company's corporate home from Delaware to Texas. The rejected package, awarded by Tesla's board of directors, was ruled invalid by a judge earlier this year. The shareholder vote, scheduled for June 13, is advisory, but the board will consider concerns raised. Despite record deliveries in 2023, Tesla's shares have declined, and the company faces challenges such as increased competition and softening demand for electric vehicles.
Elon Musk is planning to move SpaceX's corporate headquarters from California to Texas, marking another significant shift away from Delaware. This move comes as Musk continues to consolidate his business interests in Texas, where he has already relocated Tesla's headquarters and is building a new Tesla Gigafactory. The relocation reflects Musk's growing dissatisfaction with California's regulatory environment and high taxes, as well as his desire to centralize his companies' operations in one location.