James Scurlock

James graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania as a Benjamin Franklin Scholar. While in college, he started a restaurant company, becoming one of the first developers of what is now Boston Market. After the company went public, he sold his restaurants and began consulting for several clients in the food business, as well as publishing the Restaurant Marketing newsletter. After segueing into magazine writing, James made his first documentary in 2003, which he sold to HBO and some other TV stations around the world. Several more documentaries followed, as did four books, the first two for Simon & Schuster (Scribner) and Harper Collins. During the Covid-19 lockdowns, he began publishing The Intelligent Newsletter on Substack.