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Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Is Considering An ‘Independent’ Run For President

Emily Zanotti

The former CEO of Starbucks, Howard Schultz, is expected to announce that he is considering an independent bid for the presidency Sunday night on CBS’s “60 Minutes.”

Schultz told The Atlantic that the interview is “already recorded” and that “he is thinking very seriously about a presidential run—but he stops short of a full announcement.” Schultz would run as a third party candidate, because, he says, he identifies as a businessman and not as a Republican or Democrat.

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