Where Does Howard Schultz Live in Florida? Inside His Surfside Penthouse

Where does Howard Schultz live? The former Starbucks chairman and CEO lives in Surfside, Florida, in a penthouse at the Four Seasons Private Residences at the Surf Club. The Wall Street Journal reported in March 2026 that he and his wife Sheri paid about $44 million for it. He announced the move himself on LinkedIn and said his family office would follow him to Miami. Here is what public reporting says about the condo, the building, and the reasons behind the move.

Key takeaways

• The Surf Club in Surfside, a Four Seasons hotel and condo tower on the ocean, is where Schultz now lives.
• He paid a reported $44 million in March 2026 for a penthouse first listed at $55 million.
• The unit has about 5,500 square feet, four bedrooms, seven bathrooms and a rooftop terrace of roughly 4,100 square feet.
• He left Seattle as Washington moved toward a new tax on high incomes, and his family office moved with him.

Where does Howard Schultz live in Florida?

Howard Schultz lives in Surfside, a small beach town on the barrier island just north of Miami Beach. The town is less than a square mile and has about 5,000 residents. Its oceanfront is lined with a handful of condo towers, and the tallest and priciest of them is the Surf Club, a Four Seasons hotel with private residences on either side.

The purchase surfaced on March 11, 2026, when the Wall Street Journal reported the $44 million price. The Real Deal, Forbes and Local 10 followed the same day. Schultz confirmed the move in his own words on LinkedIn. He wrote that he and Sheri had "moved to Miami for our next adventure together" and were enjoying the South Florida sunshine and its pull on their children on the East Coast.

Pure Equity does not publish private addresses or unit numbers. We name the building and the town, which the press has already done, and stop there.

Inside the reported Surf Club penthouse

Reporting from The Real Deal and Fox Business describes the unit as a penthouse in the north tower with about 5,500 square feet of interior space. It has four bedrooms and seven bathrooms. Its standout feature is the roof. A private rooftop terrace of roughly 4,100 square feet, nearly the size of the apartment below it, gives ocean views in every direction.

The price history is public because the unit had been on the market for a while. It listed in late 2024 at $55 million, dropped to $49.9 million in late 2025, and closed at $44 million. So Schultz paid about 20 percent under the first asking price. That is a common pattern for trophy condos in Miami-Dade, where sellers set a high number and wait for the one buyer who wants that exact unit.

The Journal did not name the seller, and later reports did not either. At $44 million the deal ranks among the priciest condo sales in Surfside history, though the building has seen higher. Its penthouses have traded above $50 million in past years.

The Surf Club and Surfside

The Surf Club has a long story. The original club opened in 1930 as a private beach club for the wealthy of the era, and its Mediterranean clubhouse still stands. Developers rebuilt the property around it in the 2010s as a Four Seasons hotel flanked by two residential towers designed by Richard Meier. Residents get hotel service, a spa, restaurants and a private stretch of beach.

Surfside itself is quiet. There is no nightlife to speak of, and the town's main street is a few blocks of shops and cafes on Harding Avenue. Most buyers choose it for the beach and the short drive to Bal Harbour Shops next door. Because the town is so small, a single tower like the Surf Club can shape the whole market's price statistics.

Why Howard Schultz chose Miami

Two reasons appear in reporting, and he gave one of them himself. The first is family. His LinkedIn post cited the draw of South Florida for his children on the East Coast, which suggests grandchildren and shorter flights played a part. The second is money. Local 10 noted that Washington lawmakers were working on a 9.9 percent tax on annual income above $1 million. The New York Post framed the move as the latest wealthy departure from Seattle.

There is also a social factor. Morning Brew described the move as Schultz joining his billionaire friends in Miami, and the timing fits. Larry Page and Sergey Brin bought in Coconut Grove and Miami Beach in the same winter, and Jeff Bezos already lived on Indian Creek. Schultz, at 72, said his family office would relocate to Miami while the Schultz Family Foundation stays in Seattle.

Where else does Howard Schultz live?

Seattle was home for four decades. He built Starbucks there from a handful of stores. Reporting has long placed his main house in the Madison Park neighborhood on Lake Washington. He also owned the Seattle SuperSonics until 2006. Local 10 noted prior residences in Seattle and New York City. Reports going back more than a decade have also described a vacation home in Hawaii.

What is not clear is how much of that he still owns. None of the March 2026 coverage reported a Seattle sale. His own post said the foundation stays in Seattle, so ties there remain. But the phrase he used was "moved to Miami," and he placed his family office here too. On the public record, Surfside is now the primary home.

What homes near Howard Schultz cost

Surfside is a condo market with a few single-family streets behind it. Our MLS feed as of September 2026 shows about 130 active listings in Surfside. The median asking price is around $1.1 million, and units average about 190 days on market. The Surf Club sits far above that median, with resale units that typically ask $5 million and up and penthouses in the tens of millions.

Next door, Bal Harbour has about 155 listings at a median near $2.7 million. Sunny Isles Beach, a few miles north, carries about 1,340 listings at a median around $725,000. Across Miami-Dade County the oceanfront condo market runs from under $500,000 to nine figures. Our oceanfront condos and penthouses pages track the upper end.

For owners in the Surf Club or the towers around it, a $44 million closing helps. It sets a fresh comp for large penthouses on this stretch of Collins Avenue. For owners of older Surfside condos, the effect is smaller, since buyers at this level rarely cross-shop 1970s buildings.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Howard Schultz live now?

He lives in Surfside, Florida, in a penthouse at the Four Seasons Private Residences at the Surf Club. The Wall Street Journal reported the $44 million purchase in March 2026, and Schultz confirmed the move to Miami on LinkedIn.

Where in Surfside does Howard Schultz live?

His home is in the north residential tower of the Surf Club on the oceanfront. The building is on Collins Avenue at the north end of town, next to Bal Harbour. We do not publish unit numbers.

Where does Howard Schultz live full time?

Reporting points to Surfside as his full-time home since early 2026. He said he moved his family office to Miami, which is the strongest signal of a primary residence. Anyone asking where does Howard Schultz live should treat Seattle as his past base and Surfside as the current one.

How much did Howard Schultz pay for the Surfside penthouse?

About $44 million, according to the Wall Street Journal, Forbes and The Real Deal. The unit first listed at $55 million in late 2024 and was cut to $49.9 million before the sale.

Can you buy a home at the Surf Club?

Yes. The two residential towers have resale units that come to market a few times a year, and the hotel side has its own residences. Prices generally start in the mid single-digit millions for smaller units. A buyer's agent who tracks the building can flag listings before they hit the public portals.

Is Surfside part of Miami Beach?

No. Surfside is its own town, incorporated in 1935, with its own government and police. It sits between Miami Beach to the south and Bal Harbour to the north on the same barrier island. Mail and maps sometimes lump it with Miami Beach, but it is separate.

If you own a condo in Surfside, Bal Harbour or anywhere along the Miami-Dade oceanfront, ask Pure Equity for a free valuation to get a current number on it. Buyers can browse Surfside listings or see luxury homes across South Florida. Two other recent arrivals get their own posts: where Larry Page lives in Coconut Grove, and where Mark Zuckerberg lives on Indian Creek.

Sources

• The Real Deal, Starbucks' Howard Schultz buys penthouse in move to Miami
• Local 10, Billionaire pays $44 million for penthouse in Miami-Dade
• Forbes, Starbucks billionaire Howard Schultz paid $44 million for Florida penthouse
• Fox Business, Step inside the $44M Four Seasons penthouse

Based on publicly reported information; details may change and are not independently verified by Pure Equity. We do not publish private addresses.