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The incredible rags-to-riches story of Starbucks billionaire Howard Schultz
The incredible rags-to-riches story of Starbucks billionaire Howard Schultz
Tanza LoudenbackOct 21, 2015, 22:58 IST
Howard Schultz, Chairman, Starbucks Coffe Company drinks the company's new product 'Starbucks Discoveries' during a preview party on September 26, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan. 'Starbucks Discoveries' is the company's first chilled cup coffee product which will be available at convenience stores on September 27 in Japan with the same coffee beans used at Starbucks stores.Junko Kimura/Getty Images
Thirty years ago, Howard Schultz got into the coffee business with one goal in mind: to enhance the personal relationship between people and their coffee.
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He's now responsible for Starbucks, one of the world's most beloved brands, and worth at least $3 billion as chairman and CEO of the Fortune 500 company. But it wasn't an easy path to the top.
How did Schultz, who came from a "working poor" family in the Brooklyn projects, overcome adversity and grow a quaint Seattle coffeehouse into the largest coffee chain on Earth?
Scroll through to learn the story behind Starbucks and its leading man.
