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Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson to retire; Howard Schultz returns as interim chief

Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson, a longtime tech exec who led the coffee giant since 2017, will retire next month, the… Read More

Tech Moves: Qumulo hires cloud CTO; ex-Tableau CMO joins Conversica board; 98point6 adds COO

— Seattle startup Qumulo named Janine Corey as its cloud chief technology officer. Corey spent the past five years at… Read More

Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson joins board of Seattle customer intelligence startup Amperity

Starbucks President and CEO Kevin Johnson, a longtime tech industry leader who previously led Juniper Networks and spent 16 years… Read More

Starbucks to reopen 90% of US company-operated stores by early June, leveraging digital capabilities

Starbucks, which closed stores across the US and Canada amid the COVID-19 outbreak, says it plans to start reopening in… Read More

Jeff Bezos and Satya Nadella join White House’s coronavirus industry groups

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and President Donald Trump aren’t exactly the best of friends, but that didn’t stop the White… Read More

Starbucks will go entirely ‘to go’ — no sitting for at least two weeks in its U.S. and Canada stores

Starbucks will shift entirely to a “to-go” model at its company-owned stores in the U.S. and Canada for at least… Read More

Howard Schultz stepping down as Starbucks board chair in leadership milestone for iconic coffee company

A year after handing over the reins to new CEO Kevin Johnson, long-time Starbucks leader Howard Schultz is stepping down… Read More

TLDR: Starbucks stores close for racial bias training

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube,… Read More

Nestle to pay Starbucks $7.15B for rights to its packaged coffee and tea business, in ‘historic deal’ for giant coffee brands

Starbucks just confirmed a previously rumored deal to license its consumer packaged goods business to Nestle, but at a much… Read More

Starbucks CEO talks about the future in China, where coffee giant just opened its biggest store yet

Starbucks is opening a new store every 15 hours in China, but there was one in particular that caught the… Read More

21 awesome books that Satya Nadella, Kevin Johnson and other top tech leaders recommend this autumn

Getting a read on attendees and speakers at the GeekWire Summit doesn’t seem like such a difficult task. They’re likely… Read More

Microsoft’s quantum future: Satya Nadella gives company alums a glimpse of what’s coming

Will Microsoft’s quantum computing technology be a hardware division unto itself, like Xbox, or something that the company offers to… Read More

Environmental group deploys ‘Cup Monster’ to pressure Starbucks to use more sustainable cups

As Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson took the stage this morning to kick off the 2017 GeekWire Summit, a giant structure with bloodshot… Read More

Starbucks CEO explains how company ties together a physical store experience with digital innovation

Over the past decade, traditional brick-and-mortar retailers have gone through a massive disruption as digital tools and the internet change the… Read More

From Seattle stage, U2’s Bono gives shout out to Bill and Melinda Gates, Starbucks for philanthropy

“There’s one love, and we get to share it,” according to U2’s Bono in the lyrics to the band’s 1991… Read More

Howard Schultz hands the ‘keys to Starbucks’ to incoming CEO and tech veteran Kevin Johnson

Howard Schultz passed the keys to Kevin Johnson on Wednesday at Starbucks’ 25th annual shareholders meeting in Seattle. Schultz, who will step… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella joining Starbucks board, giving coffee giant another jolt of tech experience

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been nominated to the Starbucks board, creating a new connection between the Seattle-area corporate titans… Read More

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Week in Geek: New Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson has deep roots in tech

Howard Schultz will be replaced as Starbucks CEO by longtime technology executive Kevin Johnson, a veteran of Microsoft and other… Read More

Meet Starbucks’ next CEO: Here’s what former colleagues say about tech vet Kevin Johnson

As Starbucks continues to invest more and more in new technology, it comes as little surprise that the company picked Kevin Johnson… Read More

How social media reacted to Sonics news that left Ballmer ‘horribly disappointed’

By now, you’ve probably heard how the NBA relocation committee unanimously voted Monday afternoon to block Seattle’s bid to buy the… Read More

Sonics update: 44K season-ticket requests and a music video featuring Macklemore

Lots going on with the Sonics today, from a “stunning” season ticket priority wait list to a Sacramento group trying… Read More

Sonics update: It’s turning into a Silicon Valley vs. Seattle investor showdown

By now, you’ve likely either read or had a discussion about the Seattle vs. Silicon Valley entrepreneurial debate. Heck, the good folks… Read More

Sonics update: NHL owner and fitness guru to challenge Seattle’s NBA bid

In his annual State of the City address, Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson named two equity investors as part of the… Read More

Sonics update: Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson outlines plan to keep Kings

While the deal to bring the NBA back to Seattle is extremely close to completion, Sacramento still has a chance… Read More