Orlando Bravo on Miami Becoming a Center of Commerce
Why not come to Miami? In newer city, open minded has been extremely welcoming and and basically grow and continue to grow our culture and our differences. Here Toma Bravo is part of a growing list of financial firms opening offices in the Sunshine State. From the start of 2020 through the end of March 2023, more than 104 investment firms move their headquarters to Florida. But while many firms were lured by the state’s business friendly climate and lower taxes, it was different for Toma Bravo. We were growing so much in the same exact location where the kids go to the same exact school where they all live in Silicon Valley. You start basically talking the same way, thinking the same way, using the same terms, using the same phrases. And I’m very, very protective of our culture, our next generation and the way to think differently. To maintain its edge, Toma Bravo moved half of its investment team from the Bay Area to Miami. They’re really coming here. Not for the city, they’re coming for the company. And for their job later this year, Toma Bravo plans to move into 830 Brickell, a brand new 55 story office building in Miami’s financial district. Tech giant Microsoft and finance behemoth Citadel will be in the same tower, but for Orlando. That doesn’t make Miami the new Silicon Valley or Wall Street. Instead of having Miami say I want to be like this or I want to be like that, Miami has an amazing opportunity to become a really, really important center of Commerce and Industry.