COMPANY

Founded 1971 with its first store at Pikes' Place Market in Seattle, now operates or licenses more than 8,000 retail coffee shops. Owns Seattle's Best Coffee.

Official Website:
http://www.starbucks.com/

Industry:
Restaurant

Ticker:
NASDAQ:SBUX

Corporate headquarters:
Seattle, WA

Sales:
$4B (2003)

Employees:
74,000 (2003)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Howard P. Behar	Business	c. 1947		Starbucks President North America, 2001-02
James J. Casey	Business	c. 1932		COO of Starbucks, 1985-87
Jim Donald	Business	?		President and CEO of Starbucks
Gerardo I. Lopez	Business	c. 1959		Senior VP at Starbucks
Howard Schultz	Business	19-Jul-1953		Founder of Starbucks
Orin C. Smith	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Starbucks, 2000-05

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Barbara Bass	Business	?		CEO of Emporium-Weinstock, 1989-92
Howard P. Behar	Business	c. 1947		Starbucks President North America, 2001-02
Bill Bradley	Politician	28-Jul-1943		US Senator from New Jersey, 1979-97
Jim Donald	Business	?		President and CEO of Starbucks
Mellody Hobson	Business	3-Apr-1969		President of Ariel Capital Management
Olden Lee	Business	c. 1942		Long-time Pepsi executive
Greg Maffei	Business	24-May-1960		CEO of Liberty Media
Howard Schultz	Business	19-Jul-1953		Founder of Starbucks
James G. Shennan, Jr.	Business	?		Trinity Ventures
Javier Teruel	Business	c. 1950		Colgate-Palmolive EVP
Myron E. Ullman	Business	c. 1946		CEO of JC Penney
Craig E. Weatherup	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Pepsi Bottling Group, 1999-2003

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jeffrey H. Brotman	Business	c. 1943		Chairman of Costco
Orin C. Smith	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Starbucks, 2000-05

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Magic Johnson	Basketball	14-Aug-1959		Lakers star, AIDS spokesman

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