Howard Schultz leaves Seattle
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Add former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to the list of ultra-rich guys fleeing other cities for the billionaire’s playground of Miami. The man responsible for the ubiquity of the coffee brand that gave us the Frappuccino and the Pumpkin Spice Latte (AKA the PSL) announced this week that he and his wife have ditched their longtime home of Seattle for South Florida’s sunnier (and more billionaire-friendly) shores.
The former Starbucks CEO announced the move on the same day Washington's House passed a millionaire's tax.
Howard Schultz said he and his wife will move to Florida as Washington weighs a roughly 10% annual tax on earnings over $1 million. As families work to rebuild their lives after tornadoes touched down in the Chicago area and northwest Indiana on Tuesday,
He paid $44 million for a penthouse at the Four Seasons at the Surf Club, marking the latest billionaire to move to South Florida.
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