CFO Patronis invites Twitter HQ to Florida amid Elon Musk buyout bid

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Twitter is the newest firm to see a move-to-Florida courtship try by a member of the state’s cupboard.

Florida Chief Monetary Officer Jimmy Patronis is pitching Florida’s seaside views and climate to Twitter for a brand new home-base location as the corporate considers accepting a multibillion greenback buyout provide from Elon Musk.

In a latest tweet, Patronis posted a picture of one of Florida’s beaches and tagged each Twitter and Elon Musk, referencing the state’s freedoms and enterprise local weather, plus stunning views, for causes to maneuver the corporate to the Sunshine State.

“Hey @elonmusk⁩, that is what Crew ⁦@Twitter⁩ might see [every] night in case your HQ was within the Free State of Florida,” Patronis posted, including the hashtag #FloridaIsForWinners. Patronis used that hashtag once more in a tweet Monday, including “#BringTwitterHQToFlorida.”

The social media firm has been on Florida officers’ minds for greater than every week now, as SpaceX and Tesla CEO Musk continues his bid to purchase the social media firm and take it personal. Gov. Ron DeSantis weighed in on the platform’s “censoring” conservative accounts final week, saying Musk was making an attempt to “liberate” the corporate. The governor weighed in once more Monday, tweeting that Musk’s offer is “ deal for shareholders.”

Patronis is now making an attempt to woo the social media platform and encourage it to maneuver its firm headquarters to Florida. The social media large is the newest firm to earn the CFO’s move-to-Florida consideration but it surely’s not the primary.

Up to now, Patronis has tried to lure In-N-Out, Musk’s Tesla, the 2021 Olympics and the New York Inventory Change to maneuver their bases to Florida.

The burger dialog made it so far as a telephone name with the governor earlier than fizzling.

Tesla, nonetheless, has scoped out some areas within the state in latest weeks to open up a dealership and restore heart, together with one spot in St. Petersburg.