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Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1k miles from California to Seattle

Starbucks says incoming CEO Brian Niccol can live in his home in Newport Beach, California and commute to Starbucks’s head office in Seattle on a corporate jet.

Newly appointed Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol won't be required to relocate to the company's headquarters in Seattle when he joins the coffee giant next month. Although some CEOS — including Amazon's Andy Jassy and JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon — are drawing a hard line on return-to-office policies, other research has indicated that bosses aren't thrilled with the loss of remote work. Niccol has a strong track record of turning around troubled companies: As CEO of Chipotle, he helped the chain rebound from its foodborne illness scandal and led its restaurants through the pandemic.

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