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Aug 27, 2024 · NEW YORK — Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller before his company was ...
Aug 27, 2024 · Riggio’s near-half century reign began in 1971 when he used a $1.2 million loan to purchase Barnes & Noble's name and the flagship store on lower Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. He acquired hundreds ...
Aug 28, 2024 · Leonard Riggio, who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble, has died at age 83. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) NEW YORK — Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who ...
Aug 31, 2024 · Leonard Riggio, who has died aged 83, had a different vision. As chief executive of the US shop chain Barnes & Noble, in the 1990s he built book palaces as large as 60,000 sq ft in communities as ...
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Riggio’s near-half century reign at Barnes & Noble began in 1971 when he used a $1.2 million loan to purchase the company’s name and its flagship store on lower Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
Oct 12, 2024 · Leonard Riggio (1941-2024) October 12, 2024. Longtime Barnes & Noble head LEONARD RIGGIO, 83, died August 27, 2024 in Manhattan. He had Alzheimer’s. Leonard Stephen Riggio was born February 28, 1941 in New York, and attended Brooklyn Technical High School. After graduating in 1958, he took night classes at NYU for a while before dropping out.
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Aug 27, 2024 · Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller before his company was overtaken by the rise of Amazon.com, has died at age 83.Video above: Remembering those we've lost in 2024Riggio died Tuesday “following a valiant battle with Alzheimer’s disease,” according to a statement ...
