We can excuse Howard Schultz if he’s feeling a little like Michael Corleone these days: “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!" The difference, other than the obvious, is that Schultz seems to be the one doing the pulling. This week he returned for his third term as CEO of Starbucks, the company he built from a handful of coffee shops to one of the largest, most iconic and downright ubiquitous hospitality chains in the world. More than 32,000 locations, compared to 24,000 KFCs and 18,000 Pizza Huts, though McDonalds beats them …
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