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James Kemsey Wilkinson
English businessman
James Kemsey "JK" Wilkinson (6 December 1906 – 18 December 1997) was an English businessman, the founder of the high street chain Wilko. In 2014, it was reported that Wilko had 372 stores, 23,000 employees and annual revenues of £1.5 billion.[2] Wilko collapsed into administration, on 10 August 2023.[3]