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Howard Schultz: the Starbucks billionaire who might run for President

The visionary business leader's rise to the top
Modest beginnings
Early struggle
Natural athlete
Hard worker
Racial awareness
Football-crazy
College scholarship
First post-college jobs
Xerox success
Future wife
Coffee business
High life
Itchy feet
Starbucks excellence
Seattle move
Italian epiphany
Unimpressed owners
Starbucks acquisition
Il Giornale
Taking on Starbucks
Socially conscious
Rapid expansion
Stock market flotation
International expansion
Investment firm
Basketball teams
Changing roles
Major turnaround
Marriage equality
College tuition
President Schultz?
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The visionary business leader's rise to the top

A textbook example of the American Dream, visionary business leader Howard Schultz rose from the New York projects to become the multibillionaire CEO and chairman of Starbucks, not to mention the owner of the Seattle SuperSonics and Seattle Storm basketball teams, and a leading private equity investor to boot. As the rags-to-riches coffee magnate ponders an independent 2020 presidential bid, we take a look at his incredible journey to the top.
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Daniel Coughlin

18 February 2019

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