James Adamson is an American business man who has served as

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Burger King Burger King (BK) is an American-based multinational chain store, chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. Headquartered in Miami-Dade County, Florida, the company was founded in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida–based res ...

(1993–1995), CEO and

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and its parent company Advantica (1993–2002), and

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(2002–2003). He is noted as a turnaround specialist having helped restructure of drugstore chain

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after its purchase by

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in 1997. He was instrumental in restoring Denny's reputation after a series of racial incidents occurred at several of its stores during the mid-1990s. He was given the position of Kmart CEO in an attempt to swing the company's finances around in March 2002.

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