board of directors of Starbucks

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corporate board governing body

The board of directors of Starbucks is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, corporate governance, and executive leadership for the global coffeehouse chain.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Board of Directors of Starbucks Corporation	8
Board of Directors of Starbucks	2
Starbucks executive leadership team	1
board of directors of Starbucks canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1805736 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: board of directors of Starbucks
Context triple: [Mellody Hobson, memberOf, board of directors of Starbucks]

A. Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is the main decision-making body of the African Development Bank, responsible for overseeing its operations, policies, and strategic direction.
B. Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is the primary governing body of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), responsible for overseeing its strategic direction and policy decisions related to the global domain name system.
C. Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is the governing body responsible for overseeing the management, finances, and strategic direction of the Nobel Foundation.
D. Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank is the governing body responsible for overseeing the institution’s operations, policies, and strategic direction on behalf of its member countries.
E. Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements is the institution’s primary governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, policies, and overall management.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: board of directors of Starbucks
Target entity description: The board of directors of Starbucks is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, corporate governance, and executive leadership for the global coffeehouse chain.

A. Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is the main decision-making body of the African Development Bank, responsible for overseeing its operations, policies, and strategic direction.
B. Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is the primary governing body of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), responsible for overseeing its strategic direction and policy decisions related to the global domain name system.
C. Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is the governing body responsible for overseeing the management, finances, and strategic direction of the Nobel Foundation.
D. Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank is the governing body responsible for overseeing the institution’s operations, policies, and strategic direction on behalf of its member countries.
E. Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements is the institution’s primary governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, policies, and overall management.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	corporate board ⓘ governing body ⓘ
approves	annual budget of Starbucks ⓘ dividend policy of Starbucks ⓘ major strategic initiatives of Starbucks ⓘ share repurchase programs of Starbucks ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
elects	Chair of the Board of Starbucks ⓘ Chief Executive Officer of Starbucks ⓘ
engagesWith	Starbucks shareholders ⓘ Starbucks stakeholders ⓘ
governingBodyOf	Starbucks Corporation ⓘ linked to: Starbucks
hasCharacteristic	majority independent directors ⓘ separate board committees ⓘ
hasCommittee	Audit and Compliance Committee of Starbucks ⓘ Compensation and Management Development Committee of Starbucks ⓘ Environmental, Social and Governance Committee of Starbucks ⓘ Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of Starbucks ⓘ
hasFiduciaryDutyTo	shareholders of Starbucks Corporation ⓘ
industry	coffeehouse chain industry ⓘ
locationHeadquarters	Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
meets	regularly ⓘ
monitors	long-term value creation at Starbucks ⓘ performance of Starbucks executive management ⓘ
oversees	corporate governance of Starbucks Corporation ⓘ executive leadership of Starbucks Corporation ⓘ strategic direction of Starbucks Corporation ⓘ
parentOrganization	Starbucks Corporation ⓘ linked to: Starbucks
relatedTo	Starbucks corporate strategy ⓘ Starbucks executive leadership team ⓘ linked to: board of directors of Starbucks corporate governance of Starbucks Corporation ⓘ
reportsTo	shareholders of Starbucks Corporation ⓘ
responsibleFor	oversight of ESG matters at Starbucks ⓘ oversight of corporate strategy at Starbucks ⓘ oversight of executive compensation at Starbucks ⓘ oversight of financial reporting at Starbucks ⓘ oversight of risk management at Starbucks ⓘ oversight of succession planning at Starbucks ⓘ
setsPolicy	code of ethics for Starbucks leadership ⓘ corporate governance guidelines of Starbucks ⓘ
subjectTo	Nasdaq listing standards ⓘ U.S. securities laws ⓘ Washington State corporate law ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mellody Hobson → memberOf → board of directors of Starbucks ⓘ

Board of Directors of Starbucks → relatedTo → Starbucks executive leadership team ⓘ

subject linked to: board of directors of Starbucks