Company context
The public record describes Starbucks as American multinational coffee company. Its recorded founding year is 1971.
- Public business description
- American multinational coffee company
- Country in source record
- United States
- Founding year in source record
- 1971
Recorded founders
- Jerry Baldwin · American businessman
- Zev Siegl · American businessman
The linked people are recorded under the company’s founder property in the cited dataset. This is a founding association, rather than a verification of current equity or management responsibility.
Understanding Starbucks in context
Starbucks is included because its public company record connects a named business to an identifiable founding team. The business description, “American multinational coffee company,” supplies the context for that relationship, with a recorded starting year of 1971. The source links 2 people in this library to the founding team. Each has a separate profile, which makes it possible to follow the people behind the business without treating one founder as its sole owner.
The company website listed in the source is the next place to research its current offering. Compare the company’s own description, its leadership information, and dated announcements with this reference record before drawing conclusions about today’s business. A founding year describes a historical event; it does not measure business scale, growth, or the length of a founder’s continuing involvement.
This reference library documents public founding associations. It is separate from our revenue-qualified growth profiles. Founding does not establish current ownership, employment, company revenue, or an AE client relationship.
Research trail
- Wikidata public record Q37158: company description, country, founding year where present, and founder associations.
- Starbucks website as listed in the public record
- Supporting reference linked from the founder statement
Following up with the business
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