Company · Food & Beverage · Retail · founded 1971
Starbucks
Coffeehouse chain headquartered in Seattle, founded in 1971 at Pike Place Market. It became a coffee-shop business under Howard Schultz, who was CEO from 1986 to 2000.
Of the 2 people here linked to Starbucks, 0 are founders and 1 is still there. 1 of them also appear at Chipotle Mexican Grill. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.
Description and founding year: en.wikipedia.org. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.
2 people at Starbucks
Executive Still there
Role
Chairman and CEO since September 9, 2024, 2024–now
Source
· high confidence. Listed as chairman and CEO in Starbucks' January 2026 proxy statement.
Food & Beverage · Retail 3 / 0
Brian Niccol
Chairman and CEO, Starbucks; former CEO of Chipotle and Taco Bell
class not established · some · graduate degree
Employee Past
Role
Director of retail operations and marketing, 1982
Source
· high confidence
Retail 7 / 1
Howard Schultz
Founder and former CEO, Starbucks
public housing · some · college degree
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