New Starbucks CEO Brings Innovative Track Record to Challenging QSR Environment
SBUXStarbucks(SBUX) PYMNTS.com·2024-08-14 06:15

Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol will take over as CEO of Starbucks Sept. 9, and he has the support of Starbucks founder and Chairman Emeritus Howard Schultz.“I know how excited [Schultz] is,” Starbucks board chair Mellody Hobson said during an interview with CNBC. “When I called him and told him what we were doing and what I have been working on and what the board had been pursuing, he said, ‘Mellody, that’s a home run.’”Schultz’s seal of approval heralds what leadership hopes will be a new era that addresses cha ...