Kenny G has recalled one of his earliest — and savviest — business investments, and it involves the world's most famous coffee brand.
Appearing on the latest episode of Benny Blanco and Lil ****** y's Friends Keep Secrets podcast, the legendary saxophonist was asked if it was true that he was one of Starbucks' earliest investors.
Explaining that it was, indeed, true, Kenny then explained how it all came to be. "The fact is that there was one store in the Pike Place Market in Seattle, one Starbucks store, and they just sold coffee beans," he began (around the 6:55 mark in the clip below). "My uncle says, 'Hey, they're trying to raise money for Starbucks coffee.' I go, 'I don't know anything about coffee.' He goes, 'Yeah, well, I'm going to put some money in and why don't you meet the guy that's raising the money?'"
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Kenny then shared that he had a meeting with Howard D. Schultz, the former chairman and CEO of Starbucks, who he went on to become friends with for a time. He recalled asking Schultz who else was investing in the company.

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