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'm not as interested in what you make as I am in what you're passionate about. What business are you really in?
In many places where coffee is grown, deforestation is a major issue.
Profitability is a shallow goal if it doesn't have a real purpose, and the purpose has to be share the profits with others.
Great opportunities can be and have been created during tough economic times.
I think many start-ups make mistakes because they are focusing on things that are farther ahead, and they haven't done the work that has built the foundation to support it.
You can't build any kind of organization if you're not going to surround yourself with people who have experience and skill base beyond your own.
We have no alternative. This is not a philanthropic venture. We're not trying to make money, we just want to stop losing (money).
We want to stay here. We love this city. We raised our kids here. We built our businesses here and we're being forced to accept a set of circumstances that are not acceptable. We can't continue to lose this kind of money.
What I'm trying to talk about is the preservation of a culture,