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Known for. Co-founder of Starbucks Coffee Company. Co-owner and director of Peet's Coffee and Tea. Co-founder of Redhook Ale Brewery. Gordon Bowker is an American entrepreneur who began his career as a writer and later co-founded Starbucks with Jerry Baldwin and Zev Siegl. He was later a co-owner of Peet's Coffee & Tea and Redhook Ale Brewery .
We’ve come a long way since our original store opened in 1971, but our founders’ vision is still alive and well. Friends since their University of San Francisco days, Gerald Baldwin, a former English teacher, Gordon Bowker, a writer, and Zev Siegl, a history teacher, were three 20-somethings who were passionate about the arts, fine food, good wine and, of course, great coffee.
Feb 15, 2017 · Zev's mother, Eleanor Siegl (1917-1996), also an accomplished classical musician, became a prominent progressive educator in Seattle and founder of The Little School. Gordon Bowker was born in Oakland, California, and was just three months old when his father, Gordon Albert Bowker (1918-1943) died serving in World War II.
University of Washington. Occupation (s) Businessman, speaker, presenter. Known for. co-founder of Starbucks. Spouse. Robin Siegl. Zev Siegl (born December 28, 1942) is an American keynote speaker and presenter. He co-founded Starbucks, with Gordon Bowker and Jerry Baldwin, in 1971, and was a director of the company during its first decade.
She’s the brainchild of Terry Heckler, a corporate artist and the one-time creative partner of Gordon Bowker, one of the founders of Starbucks. Flash back to 1971. Inspired by Seattle’s proximity to Puget Sound and the coffee industry’s seafaring roots, Terry and our founders had given the company a name, but they needed an icon to go ...
Dec 12, 2017 · Gordon Bowker in Seattle. Ronald Holden. The Starbucksstory begins with a defining moment, not widely told. Gordon Bowker had grown up in Seattle, enrolled at the University of San Francisco ...
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Mar 9, 2008 · Drives cross-country with two friends, including Zev Siegl, another Starbucks co-founder. Bowker then tours Europe, where he took a shine to British beer and Italian espresso. 1965
