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Fired exec - 'Starbucks saved my life': Michael Gates Gill credits Starbucks with saving his life by giving him a job. Michael, the Yale-educated son of the famed New Yorker writer Brendan Gill, was fired from his high-pay job. He managed to find another job at Starbucks making lattes and cleaning the toilets. His book, "How Starbucks Saved My Life," is set to become a Tom Hanks movie.


Michael Gates Gill's book about how working at Starbucks changed his life became a bestseller.

Michael Gates Gill was a high-flying, six-figure-earning advertising executive years ago before he was abruptly fired. He had created huge campaigns for companies like Christian Dior and Ford and lived an even bigger life, with luxury automobiles, lavish vacations and fabulous clothes. These days, however, he's traded his $3,000 Brooks Brothers suits for khakis and a green apron; the big bucks for a $10 an hour job as a barista at Starbucks. But Gill says he couldn't be happier.