10 Beautiful Things We Could Do With All of Starbucks’ Money

by Ana Hurwitz Think of all the beautiful progress we could achieve with the money of the rich. CEO Howard Schultz predicts Starbucks' total worth is $100 billion. In 2014 alone, Starbucks' revenue was $16 billion. Yet what good has Starbucks ever contributed to the world? They are responsible for the deforestation in Ethiopia, where thousands of humans and nonhumans live. The tearful separation of mother cows from their babies, so their bodies can be painfully made to produce millions of gallons of milk. Despite Starbucks' untrue claims of fair trade certification, the company pays just a couple of dollars in wages to ...