Howard Schultz, president and chief exec

Howard Schultz, president and chief executive officer of Starbucks delivers his speech at the Starbucks Partner Family Forum in Beijing on April 18, 2012. China will become the company second largest market outside US by 2014, and to have over 1,500 stores across more than 70 cities by 2015. AFP PHOTO / LIU JIN (Photo credit should read LIU JIN/AFP/Getty Images)