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Starbucks's CEO experienced poverty when he was young.

"[CEO Howard Schultz] experienced poverty at an early age. When Schultz was 7 years old, his father broke his ankle while working as a truck driver picking up and delivering diapers. At the time, his father had no health insurance or worker's compensation, and the family was left with no income." — Business Insider

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