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
We have a big opportunity in China. We think the number of stores here can rival the number in North America.
We are witnessing a seismic change in consumer behavior. That change is being brought about by technology and the access people have to information.
Often, organizations need bold, grand gestures to galvanize people towards a new mission or refocus their attention.
Our history is based on extending the brand to categories within the guardrails of Starbucks.
Starbucks has changed the rules of engagement for the music industry.
Starbucks is committed to evolving and enhancing our customer experience with innovative and wholesome food offerings.
Success in the United States is not an entitlement in China. You have to go there and earn it, and earn it the right way.
The challenge of the retail business is the human condition.
The lifeblood of job creation in America is small business, but they can't get access to credit.
The response to the Starbucks brand has been phenomenal in our international markets.
The Starbucks customer and the Teavana customer are two very different customers, two different need states that are highly complimentary.
This may sound a bit naive, but I got here by believing in big dreams.
I do think - as self-serving as it sounds - that I was the right person, given the very, very strong headwind we had from the economy and our own issues, to come back and rewrite the future of the company.
I probably have about four or five cups of coffee a day. I make myself an espresso macchiato when I wake, which is a shot of espresso and just a dollop of steamed milk. Then, if I'm going to do some work at home, I would make myself a French press. It's the best way to make conventional coffee.