Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, worth $3.7 billion, was annoyed when lawmakers called him a billionaire
was incensed when he was labeled a billionaire during a Senate hearing on Wednesday.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, referred to Schultz as a billionaire several times during the hearing. The Senate committee was "But even if he is a multi-billionaire and the head of a giant corporation, he is not entitled to break the law," Sanders said in his opening remarks, referring to Schultz."I grew up in federally subsidized housing, my parents never owned a home. I came from nothing. I thought my entire life was based on the achievement of the American Dream," Schultz said. But Sanders cut Schultz off, saying that the committee did not have time for the matter.
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