Starbucks Corporation, doing business as Starbucks Coffee, is an American global coffee company and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world.
Starbucks opened in Seattle, Washington, on March 30, 1971, by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Sieglei and Gordon Bowker met while they were students at the University of San Francisco.
Initially opened as a shop selling roasted coffee beans. Later, Howard Schultz joined the event. He recommend Starbucks to open a coffee bar, But no one agreed. He resigned from the company to open their own coffee bar named Il Giornale. In 1987, Starbucks experiencing frustration from not being able to control product quality. In 1988, acquired the retailer along with the renamed Starbucks Corporation. In 1992, Starbucks has entered the stock market. In 1996, Starbucks has been expanding into Japan and Singapore. The company began Cafe Starbucks is using its network of online services AOL. The first logo of Starbucks as a mermaid, which is two tails (Norse Siren) in the fairy tales, to think of the sea adventure. Current Starbucks coffee shop is the 1st in the world and is one of the symbols of the capital niyamomeri by Howard Schultz as Chief Executive Officer.