Frustrated CEO moved company to Texas, says ‘California sucks’ with taxes

“Doing business in the state of California sucks,” Hil Davis, a California businessman, bluntly told Fox News Digital. That frustration ultimately drove Davis, CEO of Digital Brands Group, more than 1,300 miles to Texas. The apparel and e-commerce company relocated its headquarters to Round Rock, just north of Austin, leasing roughly 70,000 square feet of warehouse and office space as it expands its collegiate sports apparel business. Davis said the sprawling Texas facility costs roughly the same as the company’s former space in Vernon, California, about five miles south of Los Angeles. And rent was only part of the equation. Davis pointed to California’s high cost of living, long employee commutes and the rising cost of doing business, including defending against lawsuits. Hil Davis speak