By Julie Jargon 
 

Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) Chairman and Chief Executive Howard Schultz on Sunday said he would hire 10,000 refugees over the next five years in the 75 countries in which Starbucks does business.

"I write to you today with deep concern, a heavy heart and a resolute promise," he said in a letter he wrote to Starbucks employees in response to the executive order that President Donald Trump issued on Friday banning people from several mostly-Muslim countries from entering the U.S.

Mr. Schultz said the effort would start in the U.S. with a focus on hiring people who have served with U.S. troops as interpreters and support personnel. A company spokeswoman on Sunday said the company does not yet know how many of the 10,000 refugees it plans to hire will work in the U.S.

 

Write to Julie Jargon at julie.jargon@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

January 29, 2017 20:22 ET (01:22 GMT)

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