Company overview
- Sector
- Retail, E-commerce & CPG
- Sub-sector
- Retail
- Mandate (derived)
- Customer Support & Ops
- Parent headquarters
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- Parent revenue (USD)
- $37,200,000,000
- Parent headcount
- 102,282
- India headcount
- Not disclosed
GCC locations
- Mumbai
- Bengaluru
Department mix
Global department counts, used as a proxy for the India mandate. These are not India team counts.
Technology stack
- .NET
- ABAP
- ACL
- ANGEL LMS
- AWS CloudFormation
- AWS Trusted Advisor
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Adobe Marketing Cloud
- Airflow
- Akamai
- Alchemer EFM
- Alteryx
- Amazon AWS
- Amazon Connect
- Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)
Public leadership
Vishnu Das
VP of Sales
Public leadership listed in the dataset; the role is not necessarily the India GCC head.
Research overview
Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX), Seattle-based global coffeehouse chain. FY2025 consolidated net revenue was $37.2B, up 3% YoY. Starbucks' only confirmed India presence to date is Tata Starbucks Private Limited, a 50:50 JV with Tata Consumer Products (est. 2012) operating 390+ cafés across 54 cities with ~4,300 partners as of Jan 2024, targeting 1,000 stores by 2028. In May 2026, Starbucks separately announced plans for its first-ever standalone corporate technology office in India (distinct from the Tata JV), targeting FY2027 launch as part of a ~$2B global cost-reduction program; city not yet finalized.
- India launch
- Not disclosed
- Maturity
- Nascent / Pre-Launch
Public reporting as of Aug 2026 indicates Starbucks' standalone India technology office was only announced in May 2026, targeted for FY2027 launch; no site, headcount, or org structure confirmed publicly. Does not yet meet the bar of an operating GCC - distinct from the long-running Tata Starbucks retail JV.
Timeline
- 2025-12-22
Starbucks appoints Anand Varadarajan (ex-Amazon, ~19 years; IIT alumnus) as EVP & Global Chief Technology Officer, joining Jan 2026, subsequently framed as architect of a new multi-site tech structure including India.
- 2026-05-16
Starbucks publicly announces plans to open its first standalone corporate/technology office in India, targeting fiscal year 2027; exact city not yet announced.
- 2026-08-26
As of the most recent public reporting located, the India tech office remains pre-launch: no confirmed city, headcount, or leadership disclosed.
News and developments
Starbucks Plans First Corporate Tech Office in India to Cut Costs
Bloomberg reporting on Starbucks' plans for a standalone India tech office as part of a global cost-reduction program.
2026-05-16 Bloomberg (via Free Press Journal) ↗
Starbucks opens India tech hub while cutting jobs and trimming global costs
Coverage of the new India tech office announcement in context of global layoffs.
2026-05-18 People Matters ↗
Starbucks taps Amazon veteran Anand Varadarajan as Global CTO
CTO appointment ahead of the India tech buildout.
2025-12-22 Storyboard18 ↗
Sources
Sources and research notes
Source: Indian GCC 2026 Master Compendium, Company Master and research records. Sector, mandate and public leadership are derived fields. Missing values are shown as not disclosed. Revenue and global headcount describe the parent company, not the India centre.