APRIL 16 "FATHER & SON"
Howard Schultz became chairman and CEO of
Starbucks and expanded the company from its original three stores to more than
3000. Schultz was raised in a working-class family in Brooklyn .
His father was a high-school dropout who held a series of low-income jobs as
factory worker, trucker, and cab driver. “We actually lived in federally
subsidized housing,” he states. To make ends meet, his father often worked long
hours. In spite of having little discretionary time, the elder Schultz carved
out space for his son. “There were many days when my dad came home from 14-hour
days of very physical labor, and the first thing he did was look for me. We
would put our gloves on, go outside, and have a catch. Those moments between a
father and son are so special and I will never forget.
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