Executive Portraits of CEO James Daunt
James Daunt by © Dan Callister
James Daunt is Chief Executive Officer of Barnes & Noble, the world’s largest retail bookseller, of stationery and gift retailer Paper Source and of Waterstones, the largest retail bookseller in the United Kingdom. James currently oversees more than 600 Barnes & Noble bookstores in the United States and over 300 bookshops across the United Kingdom, Ireland, The Netherlands and Belgium, which include Waterstones, Blackwell’s, Foyles and Hatchards.
Mr. Daunt has over 30 years of experience in bookselling. After eschewing an early career as an investment banker, Mr. Daunt opened his own bookstore in London in 1990. Daunt Books now has nine locations, mainly in London, and remains independently owned by Mr. Daunt.
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