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Food and beverage company founder, company chairman. Known for. Co-founded Starbucks coffee chain. Gerald Baldwin is an American businessman. He and two other entrepreneurs, Gordon Bowker and Zev Siegl, founded Starbucks in Seattle, in 1971. He is a Sonoma Valley vintner, and co-founder of J. Baldwin Wines.
We’ve come a long way since our original store opened in 1971, but our founders’ vision is still alive and well. Friends since their University of San Francisco days, Gerald Baldwin, a former English teacher, Gordon Bowker, a writer, and Zev Siegl, a history teacher, were three 20-somethings who were passionate about the arts, fine food ...
Feb 15, 2017 · The passionate, quality-driven approach of Starbucks's three founders -- Jerry Baldwin (b. 1942), Gordon Bowker (b. 1942) and Zev Siegl (b. 1942) -- helped change public perception of what a cup of coffee could be and set the stage for the company's development.
Starbucks was founded in 1971 by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker at Seattle's Pike Place Market. During the early 1980s, they sold the company to Howard Schultz who—after a business trip to Milan, Italy—decided to convert the coffee bean store into a coffee shop serving espresso-based drinks.
Jan 22, 2023 · Jerry Baldwin, Gordon Bowker, and Zev Siegl began their partnership after being long-time friends. According to the Starbucks Archive, the trio first met and bonded when they all attended the...
Apr 5, 2023 · Meet the Founders: Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker. This is the story of how three men, with a shared love for coffee, laid the foundation for what would become the world’s most iconic coffeehouse chain: Starbucks.
Three college friends, Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker, opened a small coffee shop in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. They named it after the first mate in Herman Melville’s classic novel, Moby-Dick. The shop was initially named “Starbucks Coffee, Tea, and Spice,” but was eventually shortened to just “Starbucks.”
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