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Cupful of Fame

Jun 16 2008

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Gordon Bowker
Howard Schultz and Mark Cuban
Lake Washington
Howard Schultz and wife Sheri
Schultz at an NBA game
Howard Schultz and Robert Redford
Flagship store
Howard Schultz and son Jordan
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Founder Mug Shot
Gordon Bowker, one of Starbucks' three founders, in Seattle in 1987, the year Schultz bought them out.
Cuban Connection
Schultz with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.
Coffee House
Lake Washington in Seattle, where Schultz lives.
Raising the Bucks
Schultz with his wife, Sheri, at a fundraiser in East Hampton, New York, in 2006.
Courtside
Schultz at a SuperSonics game—for a time he was the team's principal owner.
Hollywood Pal
Robert Redford and Schultz at a 2005 benefit honoring Schultz and film director Robert Altman.
Flagship Store
Photo courtesy of Starbucks.
The company's flagship store at Pike Place Market in Seattle.
Father and Son
Schultz with son Jordan at a SuperSonics game in 2005.

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