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title: "Who runs Starbucks?"
description: "The leadership team of Starbucks."
canonical: "https://derrick-app.com/company/starbucks/executives"
category: "Company"
updated: "2026-10-20"
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# Who runs Starbucks?

> Starbucks has 10 tracked executives leading key functions including company strategy and operations, financial strategy, day-to-day operations, technology strategy and engineering (as of 2026-10-20). Starbucks Corporation is the world's largest specialty coffee roaster and retailer, headquartered at the Starbucks Center, 2401 Utah Avenue South in Seattle, with its common stock listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker SBUX. The first store opened at Pike Place Market in 1971 and the current corporation was formed in 1985. It operates in 89 markets through three segments: North America (74% of fiscal 2025 revenue), International (21%) and Channel Development (5%), which sells packaged coffee through the Global Coffee Alliance with Nestle. Net revenues reached 37.2 billion dollars in fiscal 2025, and the company employed about 381,000 people worldwide, 223,000 of them in the U.S. At the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2026 it had 41,304 stores, 33% company-operated and 67% licensed, after selling 60% of its China retail business to Boyu Capital in March 2026. Brian Niccol, former Chipotle chief executive, has led the company since September 2024 under the Back to Starbucks turnaround plan.

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## Leadership

| Name | Role | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Niccol | CEO | 2024 |
| Cathy Smith | CFO | 2025 |
| Mike Grams | COO | 2025 |
| Brady Brewer | CEO, Starbucks International | 2024 |
| Anand Varadarajan | CTO | 2026 |
| Tressie Lieberman | EVP and Global Chief Brand Officer | 2024 |
| Sara Kelly | EVP | 2022 |
| Pilar Ramos | EVP | 2025 |
| Sanjay Shah | EVP | 2025 |
| Stephen Piacentini | EVP | 2026 |

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## About Starbucks

- **Name:** Starbucks
- **Website:** https://www.starbucks.com
- **Industry:** Specialty coffee retail and roasting
- **Founded:** 1971
- **Employees:** About 381,000 employees worldwide, 223,000 in the U.S. (Form 10-K, September 28, 2025)
- **Headquarters:** 2401 Utah Avenue South, Seattle, Washington 98134, United States
- **Listed as:** SBUX (Nasdaq)
- **Specialties:** Company-operated coffeehouses, Licensed stores (airports, grocery, campuses), Coffee sourcing and roasting, Starbucks Rewards loyalty program and Mobile Order and Pay, Packaged and single-serve coffee through the Global Coffee Alliance with Nestle, Ready-to-drink beverages, Starbucks Reserve Roasteries

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- **Data as of:** 2026-10-20
- **Staff figures:** Estimated

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