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Today marks the day Howard Schultz was born. -
Howard Schultz first came to Northern Michigan University in 1971 -
Schultz graduated from Northern Michigan University in 1975 as a Communications major. -
In 1982, at age 29, Schultz was hired at Starbucks as the director of retail operations. -
Howard Schultz started working for the marketing team and moved to Seattle with his wife in 1983. -
Later that year after his wife and him were settled, In 1983, Howard was on a business trip to Italy when he walked into an Italian café and tasted his very first espresso. He was captivated by the beverage and wanted to share the idea with the founders of Starbucks -
Howards son Jordan, was born in 1986, -
Howard shared the idea with Starbucks, the founders were not interested in Schultz idea. Shultz believed so strongly in it he left the company and tried to open his own. For Howard it was a hard time to find people who believed in his idea but eventually he found investors and by 1987 he had 3 espresso bars named Il Giornale. -
In 1987 when Schultz returned to Starbucks he became CEO to help them grow and be successful -
Howards daughter, Addison was born in 1989 -
After Starbucks saw Il Giornale come successful Howard went to make Starbucks go worldwide in 1996 -
Howard stepped down from CEO in 2000 and became chairman. -
After an eight-year hiatus, Schultz returned as CEO of Starbucks during the height of the 2008 financial crisis -
In 2014 Howard and the company partnered with Arizona State University and created the first-of-its kind program to give employees a tuition-free college education. -
On June 4, 2018, Schultz announced that he would retire from active management of Starbucks, after 37 years, as he was considering amongst other options a campaign for U.S. president.