New Starbucks CEO Brings Innovative Track Record to Challenging QSR Environment
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 ...