HOWARD SCHULTZ
Chairman and Chief Global Strategist, Starbucks Coffee Company

"After the Fall -- Business Ethics in the Wake of Corporate Scandal"

Howard Schultz joined Starbucks Coffee Company as director of operations and marketing in 1982, when the Company had only four stores. In August 1987, Schultz purchased Starbucks Coffee Company with the help of local investors.

Schultz is the co-founder of Maveron LLC, a venture capital group whose first investment was allocated to eBay, the world's largest personal online trading community. In 2001, Schultz, an avid sports fan, established The Basketball Club of Seattle, LLC, a group of private investors. That same year, the group purchased the Seattle SuperSonics NBA franchise and the WNBA Seattle Storm basketball team.