Who can resist the aroma of a well-roasted coffee bean? Mention Starbucks and everyone knows the distinctive coffee outlets. But the Starbucks Coffee Co. leader was undoubtedly the first to turn that reverie into a billion dollar retail operation.
Schultz was born in 1952 and raised in a Brooklyn, N.Y., housing project. A football scholarship to Northern Michigan University was his ticket out, and after graduating he worked a variety of jobs until becoming manager of U.S. operations for Hammarplast. Little did everyone know that this young man would start up one of the greatest global brands of our times…
