Starbucks Taps Amazon Tech Veteran Anand Varadarajan As New CTO To Power Turnaround

Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ:SBUX) on Friday named Anand Varadarajan its new chief technology officer, starting Jan. 19.
Varadarajan joins the world’s largest coffee chain from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), where he spent nearly 19 years. Most recently, he led technology and supply chain for the e-commerce retailer’s global grocery stores business, which includes both its homegrown Fresh brand and Whole Foods. has also held software engineering roles at Oracle (NYSE:ORCL).
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The move comes after Starbucks' former CTO, Deb Hall Lefevre, left in September during a second round of layoffs and the rollout of a $1 billion restructuring plan.
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