Howard Schultz
Howard Schultz
Howard D. Schultzis an American businessman. He is best known as the chairman and CEO of Starbucks and a former owner of the Seattle SuperSonics. He was a member of the Board of Directors at Square, Inc. In 1998, Schultz co-founded Maveron, an investment group, with Dan Levitan. In 2012, Forbes magazine ranked Schultz as the 354th richest person in the United States, with a net worth of $1.5 billion...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth19 July 1953
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
If you don't love what you're doing with unbridled passion and enthusiasm, you're not going to succeed when you hit obstacles.
I'm optimistic about the country; I'm optimistic about the American people.
I'm much more concerned about America than the Democratic Party.
I was taken by the power that savoring a simple cup of coffee can have to connect people and create community.
I think that sometimes the difference between winning and losing, success and failure, is this gray line between will, passion and self-belief that says, 'I'm going to do this'.
Success is empty if you arrive at the finish line alone.
The entrepreneurial opportunity in America is alive and well.
Most business people today are not going to invest in the uncertainty that exists in America.
My kids probably started drinking coffee in their late teens.
This may sound a bit naive, but I got here by believing in big dreams.
There's this myth that has been exacerbated by others that Starbucks means a $4 cup of coffee, which is not true.
The Starbucks customer and the Teavana customer are two very different customers, two different need states that are highly complimentary.
At Starbucks 0 as in any business, in any life - there are so many hectic moments during the day when we are simply trying to do the job, trying to put out the fires, trying to solve any number of small problems, that we often lose sight of what it is we're really here to do.
The response to the Starbucks brand has been phenomenal in our international markets.