A Company That's Cooking
Seattle -- Starbucks's corporate home, founded over 40 years ago -- has the most coffee shops per capita in the U.S., about 35 shops per 100,000 people. Americans down some 450 million cups of coffee a day, which adds up to 150-plus cups a year. No wonder Starbucks had revenues of $10.7B in 2010 alone and today has 137,000 employees, or "partners."
