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Starbucks’ New Boss, L Narasimhan, Is Used To Feeling Like An Outsider

Laxman Narasimhan was the chief executive of Reckitt Benckiser. (File)Starbucks Corp.'s incoming boss is used to feeling like an outsider. Laxman Narasimhan, who will head the world's biggest coffee chain despite never having run a retail or restaurant business, was a newcomer when he took the helm at British consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc three years ago.The first external CEO appointment in the Lysol and Nurofen maker's history, and with no background in consumer health care, he joined a company reeling from a turbulent decade where it had swung from one scandal and crisis to another and failed to meet financial targets.Mr Narasimhan, 55, was not afraid to make changes quickly.Within the first three months of officially starting, Mr Narasimhan had replaced the chie...