# Starbucks founder

entity: /record/starbucks.md  
predicate: founder  
page: /record/starbucks/founder  
as_of: 2026-11-11  
cite: 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.  

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.

3 claims on Starbucks's founder, 3 open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder

What the record asserts on 2026-11-11.

- [Starbucks](/record/starbucks.md) | founder | Zev Siegl | valid 1971-03-30 to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_0BF06FFB251A](/claim/clm_0BF06FFB251A.md)
  sources: https://www.historylink.org/file/20292, https://cornercoffeestore.com/starbucks-history/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37158
- [Starbucks](/record/starbucks.md) | founder | Jerry Baldwin | valid 1971-03-30 to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_2806C5209267](/claim/clm_2806C5209267.md)
  sources: https://www.historylink.org/file/20292, https://cornercoffeestore.com/starbucks-history/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37158

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Starbucks](/record/starbucks.md) | founder | Zev Siegl | valid 1971-03-30 to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_0BF06FFB251A](/claim/clm_0BF06FFB251A.md)
  sources: https://www.historylink.org/file/20292, https://cornercoffeestore.com/starbucks-history/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37158
- [Starbucks](/record/starbucks.md) | founder | Jerry Baldwin | valid 1971-03-30 to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_2806C5209267](/claim/clm_2806C5209267.md)
  sources: https://www.historylink.org/file/20292, https://cornercoffeestore.com/starbucks-history/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37158
- [Starbucks](/record/starbucks.md) | founder | Gordon Bowker | valid 1971-03-30 to present | conf 0.80 | unverified | [clm_FF27A27B5823](/claim/clm_FF27A27B5823.md)
  sources: https://www.historylink.org/File/2075, https://www.historylink.org/file/20292, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37158

## 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.


## Read on

- This page: /record/starbucks/founder (markdown: /record/starbucks/founder.md)
- Entity twin: /record/starbucks.md · timeline: /timelines/starbucks.md
- Every company's founder: /facts/founder.md

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