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Author Michael Gates Gill penned How Starbucks Saved My Life, a personal memoir of his experience being laid off from his corporate advertising position and taking a job as a coffee server at Starbucks.
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Fast Facts
- Born: 1940
- Birthplace: Bronxville, New York
- Literary Genre: Non-Fiction
- Debut book: How Starbucks Saved My Life
- Father: Brandan Gill
- Wage at Starbucks: $10.50 an hour
- Diagnosed with a brain tumor
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Career
Michael Gates Gill grew up in a wealthy family in New York City. After dropping out of Yale University, he became a successful advertising executive at the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency. He ultimately lost his job at the age 63 and was diagnosed with a brain tumor shortly thereafter. With no job prospects, he reluctantly took a job at the coffee chain Starbucks and wrote a book about his experiences. The result How Starbucks Saved My Life was a hit and the film rights have been optioned by Tom Hanks. -
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- 1998: [[Fired Up!: The Proven Principles of Successful Entrepreneurs]]
- 2007: How Starbucks Saved My Life
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How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else - $13.00
Now in paperback, the national bestselling riches-to-rags true story of an advertising executive who had it all, then lost it all—and was finally redeemed by his new job, and his twenty-eight-year-old boss, at Starbucks. ...
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Como Starbucks me salvo la vida (Spanish Edition) - $20.95
Michael Gates Gill lo tenia todo en la vida: una hermosa casa, una familia que lo amaba, un magnifico empleo en una multinacional de publicidad? En poco tiempo, fue despedido de su trabajo, su mujer lo abandono a causa de una aventura sin i...
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How Starbucks Saved My Life - $13.00
"In his fifties, Michael Gates Gill had it all: a big house in the suburbs, a loving family, and a top job at an ad agency with a six-figure salary. By the time he turned sixty, he had lost everything except his Ivy League education and his...
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Just finished the book "How Starbucks Saved My Life" by Michael Gates Gill. It is such an incredible and touching story! New fav!
@Dianer | November 06, 2009 10:05 PM -
"How Starbucks Saved My Life" by Michael Gates Gill is an excellent book for anyone to read. I highly recommend it!
@nikkifm | November 04, 2009 09:38 PM
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