Coral Gables: A South Florida city with multinational connections

As early as 1925, City founder George Merrick predicted Coral Gables would serve as “a gateway to Latin America.” The City’s multinational business community includes an array of corporations with such interests as oil production, health care, biomedical research, international finance, import and export as oil production, health care, biomedical research, international finance, import and export, transportation, manufacturing, travel and tourism, news information services, telecommunications, and construction/real estate. Currently, Coral Gables is regional headquarters to more than 135 multinationals. Regional offices are heavy purchasers of professional services, particularly in the areas of international law, accounting and global marketing. Although many of the multinational companies have located in Coral Gables to service South and Central America, several of the offices have expanded their reach to include other parts of the globe due to the ease of international travel, reliable telecommunications, and multilingual/multicultural professional staff. In fact, over 100 countries are served from corporate addresses in the City Beautiful. More can be seen HERE

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