Sir James Wattie CBE (23 March 1902 – 8 June 1974) was a New Zealand clerk, accountant, company manager, industrialist, philanthropist and race-horse owner.
Upon his death in 1974, his company and workplace philosophies were carried on by his sons, Gordon and Raymond.
[2] In the 1963 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the processed food industry.
[3] Wattie was made a Knight Bachelor in the 1966 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to industry and the export trade.
In 1994, Wattie was posthumously inducted into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame.