AsOf

Starbucks · FounderGordon Bowker

unverified: One source so far: shown on the record, not asserted, until a second source or a primary one confirms it.

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Valid from
1971-03-30
Valid until
still holds
Published
no source on record carries a date
Recorded by AsOf
2026-11-08
Checked
2026-11-09 · its source page states the value and the date
Confidence
0.60

Sources

“The Three Founders When Gordon Bowker, Jerry Baldwin, and Zev Siegl opened Starbucks in a rented storefront near Seattle's Pike Place Market on March 30, 1971 , they had little business experience and hardly any cash.”— what the page says, read 2026-11-09

Cite this claim

Each form names the value, its as-of date (1971-03-30), the day you read it (2026-11-09), the claim's stable URL and id and its primary source. The URL never changes: a superseded claim stays at the same address.

Plain text
AsOf. "Starbucks founder: Gordon Bowker", as of 1971-03-30. Claim clm_FF27A27B5823, https://asof.is/claim/clm_FF27A27B5823, accessed 2026-11-09. Source: https://www.historylink.org/file/20292.
APA
AsOf. (1971). Starbucks founder: Gordon Bowker (as of 1971-03-30) [Record clm_FF27A27B5823]. Retrieved November 9, 2026, from https://asof.is/claim/clm_FF27A27B5823 (source: https://www.historylink.org/file/20292)
BibTeX
@misc{asof_clm_FF27A27B5823,
  author = {AsOf},
  title = {Starbucks founder: Gordon Bowker},
  year = {1971},
  howpublished = {\url{https://asof.is/claim/clm_FF27A27B5823}},
  note = {Claim clm\_FF27A27B5823, as of 1971-03-30; source: https://www.historylink.org/file/20292},
  urldate = {2026-11-09}
}

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