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Reisman has four children and nine grandchildren. [35] Two of the children are from her first marriage and two are step-children from her marriage to Schwartz. The couple are members of the Reform synagogue , Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto.
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Heather Reisman was born in Montreal, Quebec, to a middle-class Jewish family. Her father, Mark, was a real estate broker; while her mother, Rose, owned a high-end clothing store where Reisman had her first job folding clothes (see also Clothing Industries). She is the niece of Simon Reisman, who was Canada’s chief negotiator for the 1989 Canada-US...
After leaving Cott, Heather Reisman was contacted by Borders, an American chain of bookstores, to act as a local partner for their expansion into Canada. When the venture failed to receive required federal regulatory approval in Canada, Reisman decided to start her own big-box bookstore chain. Indigo Books & Music was officially launched in 1996. A...
In 2009, Heather Reisman co-founded electronic reader maker and platform Kobo Inc., as a spinoff of Indigo. Within two years, Kobo had become the most popular e-reading platform in Canada. But the high cost of running Kobo and fighting digital giants Appleand Amazon for domination of the e-reader market put a drain on Indigo’s resources. In 2011, R...
In September 2022, Heather Reisman stepped down as chief executive officer of Indigo Books and Music Inc. and became executive chair. Peter Ruis, the retailer’s president assumed Reisman’s former role as chief executive officer. In June 2023, Indigo Books and Music Inc. announced that Reisman would officially retire as executive chair and director ...
Heather Reisman is a former member of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg conference, an annual meeting of Europe and North America’s business, political and academic leaders. She serves on the boards of numerous organizations, including the Sinai Health System in Toronto and Onex Corporation. She is also a former governor of the Toronto Stock...
Heather Reisman supports a variety of charitable and arts organizations through the Gerald Schwartz and Heather Reisman Foundation, established in 1992. She has also raised funds for medical research and Jewishand Israeli organizations. In 2004, Reisman founded the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation, of which she is chair, with a mission to get more...
Heather Reisman was the co-executive producer for the documentary Fed Up (2014) and The Social Dilemma(2020).
In addition to her two children from her first marriage, Heather Reisman has two stepchildren with Gerry Schwartz, and nine grandchildren. A lifelong bookworm, Reisman still tries to read a book a week.
John Molson School of Business Award of Distinction, Concordia University(2000)International Distinguished Entrepreneur Award, University of Manitoba(2003)Honorary Doctor of Commerce, Ryerson University(2006)Visionary Award, Waterloo Regional Entrepreneur Hall of Fame (2006)Dec 6, 2023 · She could spend more time with her billionaire husband, Gerry Schwartz, founder of private equity firm Onex Corp., and their four children (two from Reisman’s previous marriage) and nine...
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.
Mar 19, 2016 · Now, forthcoming book The Nest is poised to join Girl On The Train and All the Light I Cannot See as a blockbuster seller. Indigo’s Heather Reisman tells us why.
Dec 13, 2021 · Several years later, divorced and with two small children, she joined her brother Howard’s computer company. In 1979, Reisman co-founded Paradigm Consulting, a strategic change consultancy, and in 1982, she remarried and moved her business to Toronto.
Heather's Pick: Every day should be Women's Day, says Indigo CEO. Heather Reisman is the founder, chair, and CEO of Canada’s largest book, lifestyle, and specialty kids’ retailer, Indigo. She’s also the co-founder of Kobo, a leading global eReading company.
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