--- title: Howard Schultz at Arizona State: Read Commencement Speech description: Howard Schultz, the former CEO of Starbucks, delivered the commencement address at Arizona State University. 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The former Starbucks CEO spoke at the university’s 2017 commencement ceremony._ by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 10, 2017 3:07 PM UTC The former Starbucks CEO spoke at the university’s 2017 commencement ceremony. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 10, 2017 3:07 PM UTC [_Starbucks_](http://fortune.com/fortune500/starbucks-146/) _executive chairman_ [_Howard Schultz_](http://fortune.com/2017/05/09/howard-schultz-starbucks-arizona-state-commencement-speech/)_, the company’s former CEO, delivered the_ [_commencement address_](https://vimeo.com/216709188) _at Arizona State University on Monday._ --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4773797/howard-schultz-commencement-address-arizona-state/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4773797/howard-schultz-commencement-address-arizona-state/"},"headline":"Read Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz's Commencement Address at Arizona State University","datePublished":"2017-05-10T15:07:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-08T09:01:48.306Z","description":"\"Summon your compassion, your curiosity, your empathy towards others\"","url":"https://time.com/4773797/howard-schultz-commencement-address-arizona-state/","keywords":["Education","College","Commencement","graduation","transcript","transcripts","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c79249ecb35a1e3/6988ccb8ab6d773ec26ae0af/howard-schultz-commencement-address-asu.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c79249ecb35a1e3/6988ccb8ab6d773ec26ae0af/howard-schultz-commencement-address-asu.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-ECONOMY-STARBUCKS-enterprises","caption":"US-ECONOMY-STARBUCKS-enterprises","creditText":"Jason Redmond—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/education/","name":"Education"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4773797/howard-schultz-commencement-address-arizona-state/","name":"Read Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz's Commencement Address at Arizona State University"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Listen to Howard Schultz’s Message to ASU Students","description":"The former Starbucks CEO spoke at the university’s 2017 commencement ceremony.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vfcvz9um/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-05-10T16:20:06.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vfcvz9um.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4773797/howard-schultz-commencement-address-arizona-state/","duration":"PT1M26S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4773797/howard-schultz-commencement-address-arizona-state/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```