Oracle, like many others, moved in name only. In fact Oracle just changed the headquarters to Nashville.

Oracle didn’t move its entire workforce, but it’s inaccurate to say it was “in name only”. Oracle spent hundreds of millions of dollars building a massive office campus near downtown Austin that reportedly has space for 10,000 employees.

I’m curious what other companies you’re thinking of when you say “like many others”, because all of the ones I can think of have moved significant parts of their operations to Texas.

Oracle has north of 160,000 employees. 2,500 of which are in Texas. The founder and CEO both live in other states.

It seems mostly like companies like to start elsewhere. Once they become established, they like fewer regulations to keep taxes low and throttle competition.

I just wish Texas cared about individual freedom as much as they do corporate freedom.

And Apple has an HQ in Ireland. Tax havens don't guarantee jobs. They're just tax havens.

I think they just like cheaper land and labor costs.