Francis Suarez
Francis Suarez is a Miami-born attorney and politician who served as the 43rd Mayor of Miami from 2017 to 2025, earning national recognition for positioning the city as a hub for technology, finance, and cryptocurrency. Since leaving office, he has joined Ambition Accelerated — a Florida business recruitment initiative funded by billionaires Stephen Ross and Ken Griffin — as a Senior Advisor, serving as the campaign's primary public face for luring executives and companies away from high-tax states like California and New York. He is widely credited with the #MoveToMiami campaign that attracted a wave of venture capital and technology firms to South Florida during his tenure.
“Suarez tells me he has two basic pitches: For those currently in California or New York, it's about lower taxes.”
Source→“For those currently in California or New York, it's about lower taxes. 'You're being taken for granted in those jurisdictions.'”
Source→“He also pointed out recent property purchases by folks like Mark Zuckerberg, adding that it's 'not inevitable' that a company like Meta wouldn't eventually follow its boss to Florida.”
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