SBUX – Starbucks Corporation is an American multinational chain of coffeehouses and roastery reserves headquartered in Seattle, Washington. As the world’s largest coffeehouse chain, Starbucks is seen to be the main representation of the United States’ third wave of coffee culture.
Board of directors
As of March 2026:
- Howard Schultz, chairman emeritus
- Mellody Hobson, chair of Starbucks, president and co-CEO of Ariel Investments
- Richard Allison, CEO of Domino’s Pizza
- Rosalind Brewer, COO of Starbucks
- Andrew Campion, COO of Nike, Inc.
- Mary Dillon, CEO of Ulta
- Isabel Ge Mahe, executive at Apple Inc.
- Kevin Johnson, president and CEO of Starbucks
- Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, former chairman and CEO of LEGO Group
- Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft
- Joshua Cooper Ramo, vice chairman and co-CEO of Kissinger Associates
- Clara Shih, CEO and co-founder of Hearsay Social
- Javier Teruel, former vice-chairman of Colgate-Palmolive
Locations
The company’s headquarters is in Seattle, Washington, United States, where 3,501 people worked as of January 2015.The main building in the Starbucks complex was previously a Sears distribution center.
As of September 2026, Starbucks had 32,660 locations spanning 79 countries and territories on six continents