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Gordon Bowker is an American entrepreneur who began his career as a writer and later co-founded Starbucks with Jerry Baldwin and Zev Siegl. He was later a co-owner of Peet's Coffee & Tea and Redhook Ale Brewery .
Friends since their University of San Francisco days, Gerald Baldwin, a former English teacher, Gordon Bowker, a writer, and Zev Siegl, a history teacher, were three 20-somethings who were passionate about the arts, fine food, good wine and, of course, great coffee.
Gordon Bowker (1934 – 14 January 2019) was an English journalist and academic who wrote biographies of Malcolm Lowry, Lawrence Durrell, George Orwell and James Joyce. Life and works. Bowker grew up in a Birmingham devastated by bombing during the Second World War, where he attended grammar school at King Edward VI Camp Hill.
Feb 15, 2017 · The passionate, quality-driven approach of Starbucks's three founders -- Jerry Baldwin (b. 1942), Gordon Bowker (b. 1942) and Zev Siegl (b. 1942) -- helped change public perception of what a cup of coffee could be and set the stage for the company's development.
Mar 9, 2008 · 1960-65. Graduates from O’Dea High School in Seattle and attends University of San Francisco, where he rooms with Jerry Baldwin, with whom he later founds Starbucks. 1962. Drives cross-country with...
Mar 9, 2008 · Gordon Bowker tires of telling the story about how Starbucks — the coffee store and the name — was his idea. Besides not wanting to take all the credit, Bowker has moved on.
Dec 12, 2017 · Gordon Bowker had grown up in Seattle, enrolled at the University of San Francisco, dropped out. He bummed around Europe, where he acquired a taste for English beer. The year was 1962...
