Gordon Bowker

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For the English biographer, see Gordon Bowker (writer).

Gordon Bowker
Education
Peet's Coffee and Tea
  • Co-founder of Redhook Ale Brewery

    • Gordon Bowker is an American entrepreneur who began his career as a writer and later co-founded

    Peet's Coffee & Tea and Redhook Ale Brewery
    .

    Biography

    Following his father's death in

    Alaskan Gold Rush.[1] He graduated from O'Dea High School in Seattle.[2] From 1960 to 1965, Bowker attended the University of San Francisco, where he was roommates with Baldwin. Bowker dropped out eight credits away from graduation.[2]

    In 1968, Bowker wrote educational film scripts for a division of King Broadcasting while making freelance contributions for Seattle magazine. He met Terry Heckler there, and the pair formed the advertising agency Heckler Bowker. Bowker met David Brewster at the magazine, years later funding the launch of Brewster's Seattle Weekly and writing restaurant and hospitality reviews under the pen name Lars Henry Ringseth.[2][3]

    In 1971, Bowker, Baldwin and Siegl opened the first Starbucks near Pike Place Market.[2] In 1984, Starbucks acquired Peet's Coffee & Tea.[4] In 1987, Bowker and Baldwin sold Starbucks to Howard Schultz and a group of investors. Bowker then left the coffee business, but was later on Peet's board of directors from 1994 to 2008.[2]

    References

    1. ^ "Starbucks: The Early Years".
    2. ^ a b c d e "Pour Your Heart Into It: How MacDonalds Built a Company One Cup at a Time". Seattle Times. March 9, 2008. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
    3. ISBN 9781439642801
      . Retrieved November 9, 2019.
    4. ISBN 9780313364587
      . Retrieved November 9, 2019.
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