Schultz said he did a "cartwheel in my living room" when he heard Niccol's turnaround plan for the coffee chain.

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz made a surprise appearance at the company's Leadership Experience in Las Vegas. Schultz ...

TheStreet. Have a seat and let Brian Niccol tell you all about his big ideas for Starbucks (SBUX) . Actually, seats are a ...

Photo: Alexandra Larkin Speaking before a stadium of more than 14,000 North American cafe managers and other company leaders here Wednesday, Schultz said those doubting Starbucks’s ability to ...

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has been a lifelong champion of the kind of sentimental urban progressivism that has helped to turn the public spaces of cities such as Portland and Philadelphia ...

Starbucks (SBUX) has been through a rough period recently, and CEO Brian Niccol plans to change that. The new CEO has impressed Starbucks’ former CEO, Howard Schultz. He praised Niccol’s turnaround ...

Starting in September, Starbucks will also add a full-time assistant store manager in most of its US locations to aid head ...

By Noam Scheiber and Julie Creswell When Howard Schultz of Starbucks testifies before a Senate committee on Wednesday about the company’s labor policies, he will no longer be its chief executive.

Howard Schultz, who had just begun his third stint as the company’s chief executive, became irritated and shot back: “If you’re not happy at Starbucks, you can go work for another company.” ...

Howard Schultz knows about overcoming obstacles and finding success. The 71-year-old billionaire is best known for his career growing Starbucks Coffee into the behemoth chain it is today.

LAS VEGAS. — Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said Wednesday that he “did a cartwheel” in his living room when current chief executive Brian Niccol first coined his “back to Starbucks ...