Puerto Rico seeks high-end investors to help jumpstart economy
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Puerto Rico is launching a two-day summit to lure wealthy investors to the U.S. territory as it struggles to emerge from a nearly eight-year recession.
The summit began Thursday and features speakers including hedge fund billionaire John Paulson. His New York-based firm Paulson & Co. is investing $260 million in two upscale, beachfront hotels in the capital of San Juan.
Paulson's company and Puerto Rico's Department of Economic Development & Commerce helped organize the summit. About 200 business executives are attending, the majority from the U.S.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The summit highlights reasons why Puerto Rico would be a good place for investors, including a law that allows new residents to avoid taxes on capital gains, the main revenue source for many high-end investors.