Who are Starbucks's founders?

Zev Siegl (since March 30, 1971) and Jerry Baldwin (since March 30, 1971), as the record asserts them on November 11, 2026.

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Starbucks founder

As of November 11, 2026, Starbucks's founders on the AsOf record are Zev Siegl and Jerry Baldwin, each a claim of its own with its date, from 3 sources in all.

founder: Zev SieglMarch 30, 1971 · 3 sources
founder: Jerry BaldwinMarch 30, 1971 · 3 sources

Each bar is one value's span on the record; the open one in colour.

Every dated value

3 values · 2 current · held, not assertedOn the record but not the answer: one source without a primary, sources that disagree, confidence below the line, or a value marked for review. Kept and labelled until a source settles it.More in About →

Starbucks founder: every dated value on the record, oldest first, with its dates, status, confidence and sources
value	valid fromThe day the value took effect, not the day it was published. A period figure (a year's revenue) is dated at the period's end.More in About →	valid to	confidenceHow well the sources support the value, from 0 to 1. A single primary source is asserted from 0.7; nothing below 0.5 is asserted; a dead or disagreeing source lowers it.More in About →	sourcesPrimary: the entity's own filing, feed or site. Secondary: a publisher reporting it. Each claim links every source it has, with the passage that states the value where one was read.More in About →
Zev Siegl: founder Zev Siegl from 1971-03-30, claim clm_0BF06FFB251A and its sources to present · historylink.org +2	1971-03-30	present	0.80	historylink.org +2
Jerry Baldwin: founder Jerry Baldwin from 1971-03-30, claim clm_2806C5209267 and its sources to present · historylink.org +2	1971-03-30	present	0.80	historylink.org +2
Gordon Bowker: founder Gordon Bowker from 1971-03-30, claim clm_FF27A27B5823 and its sourcesunverifiedOne source so far: shown on the record, not asserted, until a second source or a primary one confirms it.More in About → to present · historylink.org +2	1971-03-30	present	0.80	historylink.org +2

Questions this record answers

Who are Starbucks's founders?: Zev Siegl (since March 30, 1971) and Jerry Baldwin (since March 30, 1971), as the record asserts them on November 11, 2026.

Answered from the rows above, as of November 11, 2026.

Cite Starbucks founder

Each form names the value, its as-of date (1971-03-30), the day you read it (2026-11-11), 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: Zev Siegl", as of 1971-03-30. Claim clm_0BF06FFB251A, https://asof.is/claim/clm_0BF06FFB251A, accessed 2026-11-11. Source: https://www.historylink.org/file/20292.

APA

AsOf. (1971). Starbucks founder: Zev Siegl (as of 1971-03-30) [Record clm_0BF06FFB251A]. Retrieved November 11, 2026, from https://asof.is/claim/clm_0BF06FFB251A (source: https://www.historylink.org/file/20292)

BibTeX

@misc{asof_clm_0BF06FFB251A,
  author = {AsOf},
  title = {Starbucks founder: Zev Siegl},
  year = {1971},
  howpublished = {\url{https://asof.is/claim/clm_0BF06FFB251A}},
  note = {Claim clm\_0BF06FFB251A, as of 1971-03-30; source: https://www.historylink.org/file/20292},
  urldate = {2026-11-11}
}

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