He was born in 1929 and died in 2005. He was an English teacher. Jerry Baldwin became the manager of Starbucks when Zev Siegel left to pursue other dreams.
He was one of three that founded Starbucks in 1971 the other two were Gordon Bowker and Zev Siegel.
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Jerry Baldwin started out at Alfred Peet's coffee shop Peet's Coffee & Tea.
All three Starbucks founders were associates of Peet's, and bought their green coffee beans from a Seattle Peet's location in their first year of operation. Baldwin was an English teacher original.
Net Worth As of 9/4/15; $2.8 Billion
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Jerry is best known for founding Starbucks.
Baldwin was the manager and Bowker was the co-owner of the company.
. Baldwin served as chairman until 2001, and is now the director of the board.