100 Billion and Counting: A New Milestone from Past Participants of the Investment Summit
May 24, 2019Brian Lenihan is the Executive Director of SelectUSA
The SelectUSA Investment Summit is the place to be if you want to grow your business into an international enterprise. That isn’t hyperbole – it’s job-creating fact. Participants of past Investment Summits have announced more than $103.6 billion in investments in the United States within five years of attending an Investment Summit. Those projects will create or retain over 167,000 U.S. jobs.
It’s important to note the time frame here. Businesses from around the world come to the SelectUSA Investment Summit to explore the business climate, learn about opportunities, and make connections. Within five years of attending, they’ve announced billions in new projects. That speaks to the quality of companies that come to the Investment Summit, the strength of the U.S. business climate, and the incredible work that economic development organizations do to facilitate investment.
This June 10-12, business investors from around the world will meet at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. to connect directly with economic developers and service providers from across the United States. In addition to hearing from global CEOs and thought leaders in the economic development sphere, they’re traveling to D.C. to turn business potential into business opportunity.
Last year’s Investment Summit saw $600 million in new investment announcements, representing hundreds of new American jobs. One of those companies, Indian steel manufacturer JSW, announced its plans to build a $500 million facility in Mingo Junction, a town of just 3,300 people in eastern Ohio. That investment alone has the potential to transform the town’s economy and job market. JSW’s investment is emblematic of the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States.
Confidence in the U.S. market is at an all-time high. Executives from global companies recently confirmed this in the 2019 FDI Confidence Index from A.T. Kearney. This year’s ranking marks the seventh year in a row that the United States has topped the index. “The United States marks its longest-ever run at the top of the Index this year,” A.T. Kearney noted. “likely reflecting its large domestic market, continued economic expansion, competitive tax rates, and technological innovation capabilities.”
I invite you to join us next month. You’ll see why A.T. Kearney continues to rank the United States as the best place in the world to do business. Coming to the Investment Summit isn’t just window shopping. There are actual opportunities here that a business can act on, and there are more than 100 billion pieces of evidence of that.
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