Howard D. Schultz is an American businessman and author who was the chairman and chief executive officer of Starbucks from 1986 to 2000, and from 2008 to 2017, and interim CEO from 2022 to 2023. Schul
Schultz in 2019
Schultz speaking with press about Starbucks' presence in Canada, 2007
A Starbucks cafe in Xixi National Wetland Park, Hangzhou China
Schultz, as chairman emeritus of Starbucks, in 2019
Kevin R. Johnson is an American businessman and software engineer who was the president and chief executive officer of Starbucks Coffee Company from 2017 to 2022. Succeeding Howard Schultz as CEO, Joh
Howard Schultz
…expansion in Chinese markets has been credited with reconciling the country's tea-culture with coffee consumption in China. Schultz was succeeded by Kevin Johnson as CEO in April 2017 and Myron Ullman as chairman in June 2018. Schultz has written four books on business. He is an outspoken neoliberal. Schultz…
Johnson worked at Microsoft from 1992 to 2008.
First joining Starbucks in 2009, Johnson served as president and COO from 2015 to 2017. Following the resignation of Howard Schultz, Johnson was appointed his successor; he served as CEO from 2017 to 2022.