Howard Schulz will leave the post of head of Starbucks

The Executive Director of the Starbucks Coofen network Howard Schulz leaves his post, he will be replaced by Kevin Johnson technology director. The changes in the management structure are reported on the company's website.

Changes will enter into force on April 3, 2017. Schulz will remain the chairman of the board of directors of the company, he will deal with innovations, design and developments at Starbucks' Reserve Roasteries and will focus on increasing retail sales in the coffee houses.

Kevin Johnson began work at Starbucks in 2009 and became the main operating director in 2015.

Howard Schulz, as Bloomberg writes , “Building the Coffee Empire” Sturbacks for thirty years.

According to the results of the 2015-16 financial year, the net profit of Starbucks amounted to $ 2.8 billion, which is 2.2% more than last year.

Starbucks is an American coffee company and the largest coffee shop in the world. It was founded in 1971 in Seattle. As of October, Starbucks Corpored controls a network of 25 thousand coffee houses and shops in more than 75 countries of the world.