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Howard Schultz was born in Brooklyn, New York.
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Schultz was 7 years old and his father broke his leg at work leaving the family with no income.
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Howard went to Canarsie High School in Brooklyn.
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Howard was awarded a full scholarship in football to Northern Michigan University.
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Howard received his bachelors degree in communications from Northern Michigan University.
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Schultz was promoted to a full time sales representative.
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Schultz became the general manager for the US operations of the Swedish coffee company.
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Howard visited his first Starbucks because he was wondering why they were ordering so many filters from him.
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Schultz married his wife Sheri Kersch
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Jordan Schultz is the first born child.
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Schultz needed a lot of money to open a Cafe store for Starbucks and they weren't willing to give him any money. A doctor came along and lended him the money.
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Addison Schultz is the second born child of the Schultz family.
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Howard has opened 55 stores in the United States.
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Schultz was awarded with the "Israel 50th Anniversary Tribute Award." He got the award for keeping Israel and the United States together.
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Howard bought the Seattle SuperSonics
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Howard sold the SuperSonics for $350 million.
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Schultz became Fortune Magazine's business person of the year in 2011.
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Howard has successfully opened a total of 22,519 Starbucks stores. Including the first US Roastery.
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Howard Schultz resigned as the Starbucks CEO and gave the position to Kevin Johnson.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4329198/Starbucks-Howard-Schultz-step-CEO-April.html
