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Heather Maxine Reisman OC (born August 28, 1948) is a Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist. Reisman is the founder and chief executive of the Canadian retail chain Indigo Books and Music. She is the co-founder and past Chair of Kobo, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2019.
Mar 10, 2017 · Reisman is best known as the founder and CEO of Indigo Books & Music, Canada’s largest book and specialty toy retailer, and as the co-founder of Kobo, a top global e-reader maker. She holds honorary doctorates from several universities as well as numerous honours and awards. In 2022, Reisman was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame. Early life.
Dec 6, 2023 · In early June, the founder and executive chair of Indigo Books & Music Inc., the country’s largest book retailer, announced she would be officially stepping down on Aug. 22, just six days before...
Heather Reisman is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Indigo. Ms. Reisman is a former Governor of McGill University and of the Toronto Stock Exchange. She has served on many North American boards and not for profit organizations.
Possibly the most powerful person in Canada’s book publishing industry at the turn of the twenty-first century and certainly the country’s most prominent Jewish businesswoman, Heather Reisman was born in Montreal and educated as a social worker at McGill University.
Dec 13, 2021 · Heather Reisman is a businesswoman, philanthropist and the founder and CEO of Canada’s largest book retailer, Indigo Books & Music. Born in 1948 in Montréal, Reisman completed a Bachelor of Social Work at McGill and began her career as a caseworker with troubled teens.
Sep 18, 2023 · After a brief retirement, Heather Reisman has been reinstated as CEO of Indigo, the book retailer she founded almost 30 years ago. The retailer announced the news in a press release Monday...
Aug 27, 2015 · Her name is easily recognizable by the Canadian public from her popular “Heather’s Picks.” To the business world, Heather Reisman, Chair and CEO of Indigo Books, is not just the face of the company’s reading shortlists—she’s revolutionized the country’s bookselling industry.
Jun 7, 2023 · Heather Reisman, the executive chair and director of Indigo Books & Music Inc., has announced her retirement, effective Aug. 22, 2023. “The time has come for me to retire from an active role at Indigo,” said Reisman, in a statement.
Heather Maxine Reisman OC (born August 28, 1948) is a Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist. Reisman is the founder and chief executive of the Canadian retail chain Indigo Books and Music. She is the co-founder and past Chair of Kobo, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2019.
