Starbucks is a publicly traded company owned mainly by institutional investors. The largest shareholders are institutional investment firms such as Vanguard Group, which holds about 9.53% of shares, BlackRock with approximately 6.96%, and State Street Corporation with around 4.09% of the shares. Other notable institutional investors include Geode Capital Management, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Northern Trust, Royal Bank of Canada, JPMorgan Chase, and Norges Bank. Individual ownership is relatively small compared to these large institutional holders. Howard Schultz, the former CEO and chairman, also owns a significant individual stake but is not a majority owner. Overall, ownership is widely distributed among numerous institutional shareholders, and Starbucks operates as an independent publicly listed corporation with no single majority owner.
