| Howard Schultz | |
 Howard Schultz in Vancouver on March 1st, 2007
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| Born | July 19, 1953 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Chairman and CEO, Starbucks |
| Salary | US$ 4,798,745 [1] |
| Net worth | ▲ $1. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator Starbucks Corporation ( is an international Coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle Washington. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 1 Billion |
| Religious beliefs | Jewish |
| Spouse | Sheri Kersch Schultz |
| Children | 2 |
| Website Starbucks |
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Howard Schultz (b. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ July 19, 1953) is an American businessman and entrepreneur most widely known as the chairman and CEO [2] of Starbucks and a former owner of the Seattle SuperSonics, which he sold to Oklahoma businessman Clayton Bennett. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A businessperson (also businessman or businesswoman) is someone who is employed at usually a profit-oriented enterprise, or more specifically someone An entrepreneur is a person who has possession over a company enterprise, or Venture, and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator Starbucks Corporation ( is an international Coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle Washington. Clayton "Clay" Ike Bennett is an American businessman and Chairman of the Professional Basketball Club LLC, the ownership of the Howard Schultz co-founded Maveron, his investment group, in 1998 with Dan Levitan.
Schultz grew up in a subsidized public housing project (Bay View Houses) in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn, New York. Canarsie is a Neighborhood in the southeastern portion of the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City, United States. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. He attended Canarsie High School and is the eldest of three children. He has a sister, Ronnie (b. 1956) and a brother Michael (b. 1961), who both live in New York. His mother lives in New Jersey and his father, of whom he often speaks in his interviews, is deceased. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. He is a father of two and currently lives in Seattle with his wife. He owns an apartment on the upper east side section of Manhattan and a house in East Hampton, N. Y.
In 1975, he became the first of his family to graduate from college when he earned his bachelor's degree in communications from Northern Michigan University, which he attended on a football scholarship. A bachelor's degree is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three four or in some cases and Northern Michigan University is a four-year Public university established in 1899 located in Marquette, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. He is a member of the Theta Iota chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon. Tau Kappa Epsilon ( ΤΚΕ or Teke, pronounced T-K-E or ˈtiːk as in Teak wood is a College fraternity founded on January 10th
In 1982, he joined Starbucks Coffee Company in Seattle as the Director of Marketing. After a business trip to Milan, Italy, he tried to get ownership (including Gerry Baldwin) to offer traditional espresso beverages in addition to the whole bean coffee, leaf teas and spices they had long offered. After a successful pilot of the cafe concept, the owners refused to roll it out company-wide and Howard Schultz started his own coffee shop named Il Giornale in 1985. Two years later, the original Starbucks management decided to focus on Peet's Coffee & Tea and sold its Starbucks retail unit to Schultz and Il Giornale. Peet's Coffee & Tea is a specialty Coffee roaster and retailer
Schultz renamed Il Giornale with the Starbucks name and aggressively expanded Starbucks' reach across the United States. It can be said that Starbucks popularized espresso drinks such as the cafe latte to many Americans who had previously only ever tasted freeze dried coffee. A latte (also referred to as a caffè latte) is a type of coffee drink made with hot Milk. Freeze drying (also known as lyophilization or cryodesiccation) is a Dehydration process typically used to preserve a perishable material
Schultz co-authored a book called Pour Your Heart into It that expounds on his life journey with Starbucks. Howard Schultz (b July 19, 1953) is an American Businessman and Entrepreneur most widely known as the Chairman and This book is also published in Turkish by Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı as Gönlünü İşe Vermek. Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı ( Babiali Cultural Publications in English, abbreviated as BKY) is a Publishing company based in Istanbul
Schultz is also the former owner of the NBA's Seattle Supersonics. The Seattle SuperSonics (also called the Seattle Sonics) were an American professional Basketball team based in Seattle Washington that played On July 17, 2006, it was announced that Schultz sold the team to a group of businessmen from Oklahoma City for $350 million. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the US state of Oklahoma. It is speculated that the new owners will move the team to Oklahoma City some time after the 2006-2007 NBA season[3]. Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the US state of Oklahoma. This sale was seen by many as very disappointing as Schultz had often claimed that he wished to save basketball in Seattle.
He also owned the WNBA's Seattle Storm, and is a significant stakeholder in Jamba Juice. The Seattle Storm is a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA team based in Seattle Washington. Jamba Juice is a chain of Smoothie restaurants headquartered in Emeryville California with over 700 locations operating in 30 states the District
In 2006, Forbes Magazine ranked Schultz as the 354th richest person in the United States, with a net worth of $1. Forbes is an American Publishing and media company Its flagship publication Forbes magazine is published bi-weekly The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 1 billion dollars.
On March 29, 2007, Schultz accepted the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C. S. C. , Award for Ethics in Business at the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame. The same night, he delivered the Frank Cahill Lecture in Business Ethics.
On January 8th, 2008 Howard Schultz regained his status as CEO of Starbucks after a hiatus of 8 years[1].
In April 2008 Howard Schultz hired a lawyer and filed a lawsuit against Sonics chairman Clay Bennett to rescind the July 2006 sale based on fraud and intentional misrepresentation. When Bennett purchased the Sonics and its sister franchise in the WNBA, the Storm, for $350 million, he agreed to a stipulation that he would make a "good-faith best effort" for 1 year to keep both teams in Seattle. He has since sold the Storm to four Seattle women who will keep the team in Seattle. [2].
He owns a $35 million dollar townhouse in New York City, and a beach house in the Hamptons.
References
- ^ Howard Schultz Profile. Forbes. com. Accessed 2/28/07.
- ^ Franchisebusiness.com. URL last accessed August 16, 2007.
- ^ seattletimes.nwsource.com. URL last accessed July 18, 2006.
Schultz, Howard and Yang, Dori Jones. "Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time". Hyperion, 1999[3].
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