Former CEO Schultz Poses Challenges for Starbucks

Former CEO Schultz Poses Challenges for Starbucks
Starbucks' then-Executive Chairman Howard Schultz in Milan, Italy, on May 7, 2018. MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP
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DETROIT—For Starbucks, former CEO Howard Schultz is a hero—and a headache.

Schultz spent more than 30 years at Starbucks, growing a handful of coffee shops into a global brand. But now as the billionaire mulls running for president as an Independent, the company will have to tread carefully.