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Zev Siegl (born December 28 1942 in Alameda California) is an American entrepreneur. In 1971 he and teacher Jerry Baldwin and writer Gordon Bowker established Starbucks Coffee Company and opened the original store in the Pike Place Market in Seattle in the U.S. state of Washington.Siegl a former history teacher was the only paid employee in the early days of the company.