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 no alternative. This is not a philanthropic venture. We're not trying to make money, we just want to stop losing (money).
We believe that there's a very, very large opportunity still in front of us in North America,
We believe that Starbucks can ultimately change the rules of the game for film marketing and distribution.
I think with Ray you got somebody who really is an unusual person and an unusual player in the NBA in terms of his character, his leadership and how he takes care of himself, ... If you were going to make a bet on someone, I think Ray Allen is the poster child for that. I feel very comfortable.
It's outrageous to suggest there's no value in having the Sonics here.
All we want is what the other two teams have already been given.
Once they learn to like the beverage, they would come back in the morning and become regulars.
The point of entry for the Starbucks experience has been much more a social experience (in China) rather than competition between coffee and tea,
Victory is much more meaningful when it comes not just from one person, but from the joint achievements of many.
I am concerned about any attrition in customer traffic at Starbucks, but I don't want to use the economy, commodity prices or consumer confidence as an excuse.
Any business today that embraces the status quo as an operating principle is going to be on a death march.
We have just begun to realize how large the global growth prospects are, and we anticipate many years of significant development in existing and new markets, ... Ultimately we believe we can surpass 20,000 stores worldwide.
There is more of a consensus than I saw in the past in terms of how people see things,
We are exploring what else we can use in terms of other forms of entertainment, maybe literature? Literature is, I think, a natural extension,