What is Howard Schultz?
{{Infobox person | image = Howard Schultz by Gage Skidmore.jpg | caption = Schultz in 2019 | imagesize = 200px |birth_name = Howard D. Schultz | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|07|19}} | birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]], [[United States]] | occupation = Chairman and CEO of [[Starbucks]] | alma_mater = [[Northern Michigan University]] | networth = {{increase}} [[United States dollar|US$]]2.9 [[1,000,000,000 (number)|billion]] (Sept 2015)<ref name=ForbesBillionaires>[https://www.forbes.com/profile/howard-schultz/ Forbes: The World's Billionaires - Howard Schultz] September 2015</ref> | spouse = Sheri Kersch Schultz (m. 1982) | website = [http://www.starbucks.com/ Starbucks] | children = Eliahu Jordan Schultz<br> Addison Schultz }} '''Howard D. Schultz''' (born July 19, 1953) is an [[Americans|American]] businessman. He is best known as the chairman and CEO<ref>[http://www.franchisebusiness.com/MrStarbucks/ Franchisebusiness.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511155817/http://www.franchisebusiness.com/MrStarbucks/ |date=2008-05-11 }}. URL last accessed August 16, 2007.</ref> of [[Starbucks]] and a former owner of the [[Seattle SuperSonics]]. He was a member of the [[Board of directors|Board of Directors]] at [[Square, Inc.]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Efrati|first=Amir|title=Starbucks Invests in Square|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=August 8, 2012}}</ref> In 1998, Schultz co-founded [[Maveron]], an investment group, with [[Dan Levitan]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Corporate financial management |last=Arnold |first=Glen |page=496 |year=2008 |publisher=[[Pearson Education]] |isbn=978-0-273-71041-7 }}</ref> In 2012, ''[[Forbes (magazine)|Forbes]]'' magazine ranked Schultz as the 354th richest person in the United States, with a [[net worth]] of [[United States dollar|$]]1.5 [[1000000000 (number)|billion]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/54/biz_06rich400_The-400-Richest-Americans_Rank_15.html |title=The 400 Richest Am