Starbucks Ousts CEO, Names Chipotle Boss as Replacement The Wall Street JournalStarbucks’ CEO is out. Chipotle’s Brian Niccol is taking over CNNStarbucks’ new CEO will need to please Schultz and shareholders, analysts say QuartzStarbucks replaces CEO Laxman Narasimhan with Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol CNBCChipotle’s stock seeing worst drop in 7 years as CEO exits. This stat shows why. MarketWatch