{"id":8955,"date":"2022-03-16T12:55:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T12:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/03\/16\/starbucks-howard-schultz-returning-as-interim-ceo-as-current-chief-kevin-johnson-steps-down\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T12:55:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T12:55:05","slug":"starbucks-howard-schultz-returning-as-interim-ceo-as-current-chief-kevin-johnson-steps-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/03\/16\/starbucks-howard-schultz-returning-as-interim-ceo-as-current-chief-kevin-johnson-steps-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks’ Howard Schultz returning as interim CEO as current chief Kevin Johnson steps down"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Starbucks said on Wednesday that CEO Kevin Johnson will step down after five years at the helm of the coffee chain, a period in which the company faced challenges such as a backlash incident of racial prejudice<\/span> ia impulse of workers to unionize<\/span>. <\/p>\n

Former CEO Howard Schultz will serve as interim CEO from April 4 until a permanent replacement is found, the company said in a statement. The company said Schultz is offering his time and will receive a $ 1 salary.<\/p>\n

Starbucks said it plans to select a new CEO for the fall. Starbucks, meanwhile, is facing a growing push from employees to unionize its stores, though so far only a handful have been organized from its thousands of locations in the United States. Johnson said he began talking to the company’s board of directors a year ago to step down.<\/p>\n

“A year ago, I pointed out to the Board that as the global pandemic draws to a close, I would be considering retiring from Starbucks. I think that’s a natural bookmark in my 13 years with the company,” he said. said Johnson in the statement.<\/p>\n

Johnson joined Starbucks \u2019board of directors in 2009 and became its chairman and chief operating officer in 2015. Two years later, he succeeded Schultz as CEO. <\/p>\n

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