Starbucks has named former Defense Secretary Robert Gates as a board member. The coffee chain said Wednesday that Gates will serve on its nominating and corporate governance committee. Gates ...

Robert Gates served as the 22nd secretary of defense ... He has also served on the board of directors of Starbucks, the board of directors and executive committee of the American Council on ...

Starbucks (SBUX) as we know it today would not exist if it weren’t for the help of Bill Gates Sr., the father of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, according to executive chairman Howard Schultz.

Schultz met Gates Sr. and he said his heart was racing as he told him everything about the chance to buy Starbucks. Gates took it all in, made sure Schultz was telling the truth and not leaving ...

About 6,800 Starbucks employees are currently enrolled in the program, with 1,000 graduates expected this year, according to the company. Board member and former Defense Secretary Robert Gates ...

Some prominent Seattle employers – including Amazon, Starbucks and the law firm K&L Gates – appear to have taken the hint. All three companies in recent months have deleted or watered down ...

The Weinstein Co. has tapped Robert Nelson Jacobs to adapt “How Starbucks Saved My Life,” based on Michael Gates Gill‘s memoir. “Starbucks” was published in 2007 by Gotham Books.

SEATTLE (AP) -- Starbucks Corp. has named former Defense Secretary Robert Gates as a board member. The coffee chain said Wednesday that Gates will serve on its nominating and corporate governance ...