thumb|right|A Starbucks at the Fulham Broadway tube station in [[London, England.]] thumb|right|Interior of the Pike Place Market location in 1977 thumb|right|Howard Schultz was chief executive from 1986 to 2000, and again from 2008 to 2017 Starbucks Corporation is an American multinational chain of coffeehouses and roastery reserves headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1971 by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker at Seattle's Pike Place Market initially as a coffee bean wholesaler. Starbucks was converted into a coffee shop serving espresso-based drinks under the own
Starbucks Corporation is an American multinational coffeehouse chain founded in 1971 at Seattle's Pike Place Market that originally sold coffee beans before transforming into a shop serving espresso-based drinks. It has grown to become one of the world's largest coffeehouse chains with locations across the globe, making it a significant player in the global coffee and retail beverage industry.
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thumb|right|A Starbucks at the Fulham Broadway tube station in [[London, England.]] thumb|right|Interior of the Pike Place Market location in 1977 thumb|right|Howard Schultz was chief executive from 1986 to 2000, and again from 2008 to 2017 Starbucks Corporation is an American multinational chain of coffeehouses and roastery reserves headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1971 by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker at Seattle's Pike Place Market initially as a coffee bean wholesaler. Starbucks was converted into a coffee shop serving espresso-based drinks under the ownership of Howard Schultz, who was chief executive officer from 1986 to 2000 and led the aggressive expansion of the franchise across the West Coast of the United States.
the company had 35,711 stores in 80 countries, 15,873 of which were located in the United States. Of Starbucks' U.S.-based stores, over 8,900 are company-operated, while the remainder are licensed. It is the world's largest coffeehouse chain. The company is ranked 120th on the Fortune 500 and 303rd on the Forbes Global 2000, as of 2022.
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