Anthony LoPinto

After well over a year of evaluating 200 bids for Amazon's new headquarters, and after much intrigue and hoopla the company zeroed-in on a split headquarters between Crystal City in Washington DC, and Queens New York. Champagne corks flew in New York as Amazon projected to bring 25,000 jobs and $2.5 billion in investment to the city.

However the party may be over as Amazon announced last week that it is “re-evaluating” its NYC campus as local officials rallied against courting the company with generous tax incentives. This has pitted local politicos against the Mayor and Governor who insist that that Amazon is welcome and the incentives are well worth it with the economic growth that will follow.

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Anthony J. LoPinto

Tony LoPinto is the Global Sector Leader of Korn Ferry’s Real Estate Practice and founder of SelectLeaders. For the past 18 years LoPinto has been serving his clients with deep knowledge and perspective on talent needs and organizational challenges to public and private companies – knowledge gained from a 25-year career in real estate. Prior to his current position, he founded and served as chief executive officer of a boutique real estate executive search firm, where he oversaw offices in New York, Chicago, Washington, DC, San Francisco and Los Angeles. He has successfully led several high profile search engagements for chief executive officers, directors and a wide-range of executive level positions across all industries and sectors. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in European history from Loyola University in Chicago.