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Starbucks executive chairman to retire

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The executive chairman and former CEO of Starbucks is retiring at month's end.

Howard Schultz is credited with helping to build the Seattle-based coffee chain into a global player with 28,000 stores in 77 countries.

Schultz, 64, has been mentioned as a potential Democratic candidate for president. He told The New York Times he will decide whether public service will be next up on his docket.

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