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Aug 27, 2024 · Seth Wenig/AP. 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 ...
Aug 29, 2024 · LEONARD RIGGIO Obituary. RIGGIO--Leonard. The Rudin, Earls, and Papachristidis families are deeply saddened by the passing of our dear friend, Leonard. Len was a true visionary. His innovation and ...
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 ...
- Gregory Meyer
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.
Aug 27, 2024 · August 27, 2024 at 1:04 pm EDT. 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.com, has died at age 83. Riggio died Tuesday a “following a valiant battle ...
Aug 27, 2024 · Leonard S. Riggio, age 83, of New York, New York passed away on Tuesday, August 27, 2024. A funeral mass for Leonard will be held Friday, August 30, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at The Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, 263 Mulberry St, New York, NY 10012.
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.
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