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- Zev Siegl was born on December 28, 1942, in Detroit, Michigan to a Jewish family.
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Zev Siegl was born on December 28, 1942, in Detroit, Michigan to a Jewish family. His father, Henry Siegl (1911–1997), was a concert violinist who, starting in 1956, was the concertmaster of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra for 26 years. Siegl grew up in New York before moving to Seattle in 1956.
- Businessman, speaker, presenter
- co-founder of Starbucks
- December 28, 1942 (age 80), Detroit, Michigan, United States
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.
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We did what all smart entrepreneurs do – research. My attitude is that all ideas are good ideas until you find out why they’re not, and in this case we never found a roadblock. Then as we researched, something magical happened. We discovered a fellow in San Francisco named Alfred Peet, and he had something we didn’t have – an enormous background in...
Financial planning. It happened in the second year when we had the opportunity to open a separate roasting plant in an industrial facility in Seattle. So we went ahead and did it, and then we opened a second and third store. We made the classic mistake of entrepreneurs – carpe diem – and forgot to do the calculations and ran out of money. We were s...
We weren’t as calculating as that. The world of entrepreneurship didn’t exist like it does today. We didn’t know people who were starting companies. We thought we’d start a company that would roast coffee and have a couple of stores. Instead, the company dominated the Seattle coffee market within the first few years and we had six stores and 300 re...
No, by that time we had grown to six stores and had hundreds of wholesale customers. Things were going well, but I was a startup guy. I remember approaching the other partners and saying, “Look, I’ve got a really good idea”, and them saying, “Great idea but we need to focus on the core business.” I walked away with a handsome buyout. I started othe...
Not having ceased to be a student. I’m still curious and I think my openness to new ideas and strong interest in people and how they function has enabled me to help a lot of people. Last week, one of my clients whom I coach voluntarily obtained a bank loan after working on it for six months. A paid client in California is about to close an equity o...
I admire what Starbucks has become. I think it’s fascinating that I can go into one of its stores in Kuwait City, which I have done, and have the barista enthusiastically telling you about the virtue of a particular coffee. There are still similarities in today’s Starbucks to the one that we created, such as quality first. It still puts an enormous...
Oct 9, 2015 · Zev Siegl was one of the co-founders of this well-loved brand. Although he left Starbucks in 1980 after a decade of service, Siegl continues to be a relevant force that champions the vital role small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play in the economy. Small companies can make big changes.
Feb 15, 2017 · On the morning of March 30, 1971, Jerry Baldwin (b. 1942), Gordon Bowker (b. 1942), and Zev Siegl (b. 1942) flip on the lights and set a sandwich board outside their new coffee shop at 2000 Western Avenue -- and then wait.
May 27, 2021 · The Jewish entrepreneur Howard Schultz, along with his co-founders Zev Siegl and Gordon Bowker founded Starbucks. Their love of high quality coffee brought them together. By 1971 they opened their first store in Seattle, Washington. They have since become the largest coffeehouse chain in the world, with more than 32,660 stores in 83 countries.
Mar 11, 2019 · Zev Siegl is one of those three co-founders of what is nowadays the world’s largest gourmet coffee company. Zev is passionate about entrepreneurship and has dedicated his life to help and empower the next generation of entrepreneurs all around the world, having already mentored more than 500 startups and inspired thousands through his ...
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