James Daunt

Achilles James Daunt (born 18 October 1963) is a British businessman. He is the founder of the Daunt Books chain, and since May 2011 has been managing director of the bookshop chain Waterstones. Since August 2019, Daunt has also been CEO of Barnes & Noble, the American bookstore chain. He was once described in 2014 in an article in the Evening Standard as "the man who saved Waterstones". He faced criticism in 2019 for saying Waterstones 'was not profitable enough' to pay staff the Living Wage, following an appeal supported by 1,300 authors.

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