Not sure if this is going help or hinder your why Starbucks, but........
The first Starbucks opened in Seattle, Washington, in 1971. It was the brainchild of college friends and future business partners, Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker. They were an English teacher, a history teacher, and a writer, respectively.
by 1987, the three original owners had done what they set out to do. So they sold the entire chain of stores to former manager, Howard Schultz. He quoted a number, $3.8 million, a song, in retrospect. Baldwin offered Schultz 90 days to raise the money. Schultz, who was in his early 30’s and owned his own coffee business, was ecstatic.
Schultz was thrilled of course, but had his own problems, too.
Baldwin called Schultz to come in for a meeting, he had some disappointing news. He informed him that they had a competitive buyer.
Greenberg told Schultz to stop by his office the next day to meet his firm’s senior partner, whom he said might have some interest in the budding coffee business as well. He didn’t know who this fellow was, but if he had the means to bid on Starbucks, he was surely a man worthy of hearing out.
The senior partner turned out to be none other than Bill Gates Senior, father of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Gates Sr.
Schultz was still about a couple million short of what the founders were looking for.
We’re going to find the money and my son, and I are going to invest.” (Gates)
https://www.bain.com/insights/the-starbucks-effect/
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2012/09/romney-monsanto-bain/
Gates SR apparently head of PP before Roe V. Wade. So Gates and Romney might be poisoning coffee? The millennials love Starbucks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX9O3Yi-Nn0
More links on her page.
To: TEXOKIE
https://www.lifedaily.com/story/how-bill-gates-is-tied-to-the-success-starbucks/
Not sure if this is going help or hinder your why Starbucks, but........
The first Starbucks opened in Seattle, Washington, in 1971. It was the brainchild of college friends and future business partners, Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker. They were an English teacher, a history teacher, and a writer, respectively.
by 1987, the three original owners had done what they set out to do. So they sold the entire chain of stores to former manager, Howard Schultz. He quoted a number, $3.8 million, a song, in retrospect. Baldwin offered Schultz 90 days to raise the money. Schultz, who was in his early 30’s and owned his own coffee business, was ecstatic.
Schultz was thrilled of course, but had his own problems, too.
Baldwin called Schultz to come in for a meeting, he had some disappointing news. He informed him that they had a competitive buyer.
Greenberg told Schultz to stop by his office the next day to meet his firm’s senior partner, whom he said might have some interest in the budding coffee business as well. He didn’t know who this fellow was, but if he had the means to bid on Starbucks, he was surely a man worthy of hearing out.
The senior partner turned out to be none other than Bill Gates Senior, father of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Gates Sr.
Schultz was still about a couple million short of what the founders were looking for.
We’re going to find the money and my son, and I are going to invest.” (Gates)
https://www.bain.com/insights/the-starbucks-effect/
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2012/09/romney-monsanto-bain/
Gates SR apparently head of PP before Roe V. Wade. So Gates and Romney might be poisoning coffee? The millennials love Starbucks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX9O3Yi-Nn0
More links on her page.
1,012 posted on 5/25/2020, 3:18:05 PM by defconw (WWG1WGA)
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WOW! Thanks for all that information! Great dig!
I went back and also did some more digging. I will be posting a brief addendum shortly.