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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★Fortune's Businessperson of the Year 2019
★Bloomberg's The Bloomberg 50 2019
★University of Chicago Booth School Distinguished Alumni 2020
★EatingWell's American Food Heroes 2021
★Phi Delta Theta Nance-Millett Free Enterprise Award 2023
★Restaurant Business Leader of the Year
★Barron's Top CEOs list
★Comparably's Best CEOs and Best CEOs for Women and Diversity
Notable Facts
→Chairman and CEO of Starbucks since September 2024 with $97.8 million compensation package
→Previously CEO of Chipotle (2018-2024) where he more than doubled business revenue
→Led successful turnarounds at Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Chipotle
→Named Fortune's Businessperson of the Year 2019 and Bloomberg's The Bloomberg 50
→Pioneered digital innovation including mobile ordering across major restaurant chains
→Board member of Walmart Inc and previously Harley-Davidson and KB Home
→MBA from University of Chicago Booth School of Business
→Criticized for $1000-mile commute via corporate jet from Newport Beach to Seattle
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