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While their service is ending, our responsibility is just beginning!

Howard Schultz

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Howard Schultz
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 19
Businessman
Businessperson
Entrepreneur
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Brooklyn
New York
Howard D. Schultz
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Responsibility
Ending
Service

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