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
I think from his speech and his remarks, we see a genuine and authentic feeling of wanting not only an open relationship with (our) country but also a genuine commitment to making sure these are stages of growth and development for our two nations.
California, in a sense, is almost Starbucks' largest country, with almost 3,000 stores.
Post-9/11, we saw an immediate uptick in the amount of people in our stores, all over the country. People wanted that human connection. We are not going to fracture the Starbucks experience.
China traditionally has been a tea-drinking country but we turned them into coffee drinkers.
I'm optimistic about the country; I'm optimistic about the American people.
In many ways what we announced today is a milestone in building the business in China, ... But it mirrors what we did in the past 25 years in America in creating profitability and balancing that with a social conscience.
There's this myth that has been exacerbated by others that Starbucks means a $4 cup of coffee, which is not true.
There's tension here, and I'm just trying to respond in a responsible way,
Once they learn to like the beverage, they would come back in the morning and become regulars.
I'm not selling the team. I have no intention of selling the team.
I must say, I'm really not optimistic. We've done everything we possibly could to demonstrate our passionate commitment to this city, the state, our fan base, and it's going on deaf ears.
I wanted to try and build the company that my father never got a chance to work for,
They can look forward to us introducing them to the movie in a fun, experiential way. We believe that Starbucks can ultimately change the rules of the game for film marketing and distribution.
With less than a month to go, it's very clear to us that the city and state officials are not showing us the kind of respect we feel we deserve.