SBUX

Starbucks Corporation

One of the world's largest coffeehouse chains, Starbucks roasts and sells specialty coffee and serves drinks, food, and packaged goods at tens of thousands of stores across dozens of markets, with names like the Starbucks Card and Rewards program. Three Seattle partners—a teacher, a writer, and a history teacher—opened its first shop at Pike Place Market in 1971. The name came from Moby-Dick's first mate, chosen after the founders rejected "Pequod" because "Pee-quod" sounded unappetizing.