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1. edition.cnn.com › 2024/08/27 › businessLeonard Riggio, who forged a bookselling empire at Barnes ...

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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 ...

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   Aug 27, 2024 · FILE - Leonard Riggio, chairman of Barnes and Noble, arrives at a book store in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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   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.

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   Aug 28, 2024 · August 28, 2024 at 7:05 p.m. EDT. Leonard Riggio, a swaggering Brooklyn-bred executive who grew Barnes & Noble into the country’s largest bookselling chain, then sparred with Amazon as online ...

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   Aug 27, 2024 · NEW YORK (AP) — 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.

6. www.palmbeachdailynews.com › story › newsLeonard Riggio, former chair of Barnes & Noble dies at 83

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   Aug 27, 2024 · Palm Beach Daily News. Leonard Riggio, a Palm Beach resident and the former chairman of the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain, died Tuesday, Aug. 27, at 83. A release from the family listed the cause ...

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   Who is Leonard Riggio?

   • Leonard Riggio, chairman of Barnes and Noble, at a book store in New York in Sept. 2017. Seth Wenig/Associated Press, file 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.

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   How did Leonard Riggio die?

   • Leonard Riggio, a Palm Beach resident and the former chairman of the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain, died Tuesday, Aug. 27, at 83. A release from the family listed the cause of death as Alzheimer's disease. He died in New York City surrounded by his family, a spokesperson told the Daily News.

   Leonard Riggio, former chair of Barnes & Noble dies at 83

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   When did Riggio Buy Barnes & Noble?

   • 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.

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   Who is Riggio & Barnes & Noble?

   • Riggio began the 2000s at the height of power, with more than 700 superstores and hundreds of others outlets. But internet commerce was growing quickly and Barnes & Noble, with its roots in physical retail, lacked the imagination and flexibility of the startup from Seattle that called itself “Earth’s Biggest Bookstore,” Amazon.com.

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   How much did the Riggios buy a house for?

   • The Riggios bought the house in 2003 for a recorded $14 million. In 2009, they expanded the property with the purchase of an adjacent parcel for $1.45 million, courthouse records show. Beginning in the early 1970s, Mr. Riggio grew Barnes & Noble until it became the world’s largest bookselling company.

   Leonard Riggio, former chair of Barnes & Noble dies at 83

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   How did Riggio feel about working?

   • “Ever since he was a boy from Brooklyn, he’d had a visceral reaction to the way workings stiffs and the poor were treated on a day-to-day basis,” Nader wrote of Riggio, who did at times stand apart from his management peers.

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8. www.legacy.com › us › obituariesLEONARD RIGGIO Obituary (2024) - New York, NY - New York Times

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   Aug 29, 2024 · We send our heartfelt condolences to Louise, Stephanie, Leo and the entire Riggio family. To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store . Published by New York Times on Aug. 29, 2024.