( Community Portrait ) Tampa Hillsborough County Follow the Leaders. Follow Florida Trend. Follow the 250,000 business, government and civic leaders who rely on Florida Trend each month to deliver the latest news items and developing trends in Florida business. Why not join them at a special introductory subscription rate? www.FloridaTrend.com/subscribe ( Tampa/Hillsborough County ) T rend Florida www.FloridaTrend.com A Word from the Publisher Publisher Andrew P. Corty Executive Editor Mark R. Howard Welcome to Florida Trend’s special Deputy Publisher David G. Denor report on Tampa and Hillsborough County. In this e-zine format, you’ll see the full EDITORIAL Managing Editor John Annunziata Community Portrait that was featured in South Florida Editor Mike Vogel our November 2017 issue. Associate Editors Jason Garcia, The Tampa region is a vital segment of Art Levy, Amy Martinez the Florida economy — population here Restaurant Editor Chris Sherman Contributors Mark Basch, totals more than 1. 3 million, the fourth Rochelle Broder-Singer, Carlton Proctor most populous in Florida. Hillsborough ART is proudly diverse with more than half Art Director Gary Bernloehr defining themselves as Caucasian and Associate Art Director Jason Morton the remainder divided among those with N aturally, Tampa has major league sports ADMINISTRATION African, Asian or Hispanic origin. — football’s Buccaneers play here as do the Business Manager Barbara Goodman Hillsborough is the home of major Staff Accountant Jenny Shea Lightning of the National Hockey League. companies like Bloomin’ Brands (Outback And many Tampa-area residents attend the CIRCULATION and other familiar restaurants), Mosaic Director of Audience Development Karen Tyson Rays or the Rowdies just across Tampa Bay. (phosphate), Wellcare (health insurance), Print & Fulfillment Supervisor Connie Greenblatt In the last few years, many corporations and the Lykes empire. Customer Relations Marsha Almodovar have located in Hillsborough County, And there’s a huge service industry with BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT including Bristol Myers Squibb, Johnson & multiple law firms (Holland & Knight started Associate Publisher Janice G. Sharp Johnson, and growth companies like cyber- Marketing & Special Projects Coordinator here), accounting companies, and medical security firm Reliaquest. Leslie Vasbinder centers like Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa And Tampa is increasingly become a Creative/Graphic Designer Anne Meyer General Hospital, Florida Hospitals, and Graphic Designer Mary Ann Upham Will destination for meetings, conventions, and others that draw patients from far and wide. tourism, with a focus on the downtown core PRODUCTION What else is here? 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Includes back issues. ADVERTISING com/customerservice, or call 1-800-829-9103. Address Change: FloridaTrend.com/MediaKit Send address with mailing label from past issue to Florida Trend, P.O. Box 16238, North Hollywood, CA 91615. Allow six weeks. REPRINTS/E-PRINTS Phone: 727/821-5800 To purchase article reprints or e-prints, Email: [email protected] Member: BPA Worldwide, Alliance of Area Business Publications, Florida Magazine Association FLORIDATREND.COM NOVEMBER 2017 3 PORTRAIT FIN 11/14 ( Community Portrait ) Hillsborough Tampa County By Jason Garcia 4 NOVEMBER 2017 FLORIDATREND.COM ( Tampa/Hillsborough County ) FLORIDATREND.COM NOVEMBER 2017 5 ( Tampa/Hillsborough County ) Tampa he International Raymond James Stadium, drew res’ Blind Tiger cafe coffee shops Indian Film an estimated 30,000 people to hosted the and Brian Murphy’s IT-security Academy Awards Tampa — roughly one-third of the International firm ReliaQuest. — known more crowd was from overseas. More Indian Film Employers say three factors are informally as the important, they trained a spotlight Academy driving Tampa’s momentum: Bollywood Oscars on a new Tampa that has emerged Talent: More than 1 mil- — are a big deal. in recent years: A young, hip, in- Awards in lion higher-education students Bollywood, which refers to the creasingly multicultural city that 2014. Roughly live within a half-day’s drive of THindi-language Indian film in- appears on the way to becoming a Tampa. And it’s not just quantity. one-third of dustry, is a nearly $3 billion-a-year global capital in its own right. The city’s hometown school, the business. And its annual awards, It’s a view of Tampa that many the 30,000 University of South Florida, has which attract hundreds of millions entrepreneurs and businesses attendees were emphasized research and com- of viewers, are held in capitals already have. Since 2015, roughly from overseas. mercialization. It leads the state around the globe, from London to 350 companies have invested more in generating patents and ranks Toronto to Amsterdam to Bangkok. than $1.9 billion and created nearly among the top five universities in A few years ago, Bollywood 29,000 jobs in Tampa and Hills- the country. Meanwhile, MacDill decided, for the first time, to bring borough County, according to the Air Force Base, which employs its biggest event to the United local economic development com- nearly 19,000 people, churns out a States — passing over bigger metros mission. That includes blue-chip continuous stream of well-trained, in favor of Tampa. businesses such as Amgen, USAA newly retired veterans. The result: The 15th annual Bollywood and Citigroup. But it also includes Tampa now leads Florida in STEM Awards, held in late April 2014 at local startups, such as Roberto Tor- job creation. 6 NOVEMBER 2017 FLORIDATREND.COM photo: Mohammed Jaffer / Newscom A new prescription for the future of health care. People are defi ned by their humanity. They think and feel, the status quo. We’re shaking the health care foundation laugh and cry. And sometimes they get sick. When they and working to create a different model. One whose do, they turn to the health care system to make them foundation rests on respecting each patient’s humanity better. But instead of being defi ned by their humanity, and on providing the highest quality medical care. This they’re defi ned by their illness. They’re patients fi rst and new prescription is just what the doctor ordered. And it’s people a distant second. But BayCare is taking aim at making it a lot easier to swallow. Humanity at Work OUR NETWORK: BayCare Behavioral