“Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire,” a book written by Silicon Valley reporter Brad Stone that released last Tuesday, reveals Philadelphia was, in June 2018, one of the three finalists for Amazon’s “HQ2,” a massive $5 billion project.
However, there’s a chance Bezos’ eventual replacement as CEO, head of Amazon Web Services Andy Jassy, and his love for the New York Giants ended Philly’s bid to be the host city of the project.
In the book, Stone writes: “Andy Jassy, according to one person’s recollection, opined that he disliked the city, which was a bitter rival of his favorite football team, the New York Giants, and suggested that he and his employees would never want to live there,” per Theo Wayt of the New York Post.