March 30, 1971: Well before Howard Schultz walked into the picture, a small coffee shop with a name inspired by Moby Dick opened its doors in Seattle’s Pike Place Market for the first time. What started as a humble coffee shop has boomed since then into a monolithic organization which leads the industry. Today, it owns over 24,000 stores in 70 countries.
Sources: Starbucks Company Website, The Guardian
Read more from Goizueta Business Library’s collection:
It’s Not About the Coffee: Leadership Principles from a Life at Starbucks
Grande Expectations: A Year in the Life of Starbucks’ Stock
Pour Your Heart into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time
Sources:
https://www.starbucks.com/about-us/company-information
https://www.starbucks.com/about-us/company-information/starbucks-company-profile