Top Rags to Riches Stories

No. 6: Howard Schultz

Howard Schultz grew up in the Brooklyn projects, in a modest family. With the help of a football scholarship, he pursued communication studies at the University of Northern Michigan. His first job after graduation was with the Xerox company, but all that changed on the day he discovered a small café named Starbucks. He loved the coffee so much that he left his job to become the CEO of Starbucks. There are now over 16,000 Starbucks outlets in the entire world.