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Leonard S. Riggio. Barnes & Noble. 1965–2002. Industry: Retail. Era: 1960. Riggio founded the Student Book Exchange in 1965 and turned this small book store into a leading retailer. He acquired the venerable Barnes & Noble bookstore in New York in 1971 and adopted its name for his expanding company.
Aug 12, 2018 · Aug. 12, 2018. Leonard Riggio radically altered bookselling in America when he bought an ailing New York City bookstore and turned it into a national chain of megastores. Now, his company —...
May 7, 2016 · Leonard Riggio, chairman of Barnes & Noble is set to retire next September, after more than 50 years in the book selling industry. Alex Brandon/AP. Riggio spoke recently with NPR's Lynn Neary...
Jun 10, 2019 · 1971: Leonard Riggio acquires his first store. Riggio gets a $1.2 million bank loan to purchase the floundering Barnes & Noble bookstore on Fifth Avenue and 18th Street in New York City. The...
Founded: 1873. "Don't look at successful people as aberrations. Excellence is out there for anyone."- Leonard Riggio has been called "the Ted Turner of bookstores"-a mercurial maverick whose...
Riggio, Leonard S. (1941-) Barnes & Noble, Inc. Overview. Starting out with a single college bookshop in the mid–1960s, Leonard S. Riggio went on to become the largest bookseller in the United States. In fact, as of 1998 one in eight books sold in the nation was purchased at Riggio's company, Barnes & Noble.
NEW YORK (AP) — Barnes & Noble’s founder and chairman Leonard Riggio will retire following the book seller’s annual shareholders meeting, which is planned for September. Riggio began Barnes & Noble from the ground up, starting with a single college bookstore in 1965.
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