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'I bet with my feet': Why an investment bank CEO left Seattle for Austin

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'I bet with my feet': Why an investment bank CEO left Seattle for Austin

Amid rumbles of a potential economic downtown, Michael Butler, chairman and CEO of Cascadia Capital, is betting the Sun Belt and the nation’s interior hold the largest opportunities for growth. He’s opened an office in West Austin with the goal of tapping what he sees as an underserved market. Check out how Butler plans to grow the investment bank’s headcount and book of business in a city that other financial firms have been hungrily eyeing.