Gordon Bowker, the writer-turned-entrepreneur who co-founded Starbucks in 1971 and helped set the course for the specialty coffee movement in Seattle and beyond, died last week at the age of…
Starbucks Co-Founder Gordon Bowker Dies at 82
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