American entrepreneur — former CEO of Starbucks — who built Starbucks from a regional Seattle chain into the world's largest coffee shop company — author of Pour Your Heart Into It.
Creates the third-place retail model — Schultz's insight (that people need a place between home and work, and that premium coffee can be the product of such a place) transformed coffee from a commodity into an experience and retail from a transaction into a destination.
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