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Exiting Starbucks, Schultz Opens the Door to a Run for Office

Howard Shultz, the executive chairman of Starbucks, writes a message on a wall of the first Starbucks store, which opened at Pike Place Market, in Seattle, June 4, 2018. Schultz’s decision to retire from Starbucks at the end of June, a plan he says he privately outlined to the board a year ago, could stoke speculation that he is considering a move into politics. (Andrew Ross Sorkin/The New York Times)