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May 17, 2006 · Leonard Riggio steps down as chairman of board of Dia Art Foundation, saying he is not up to challenge of finding new director and opening new branch in Manhattan's meatpacking district; decision ...
Mar 29, 2024 · Upper Class Twits Of The Year: Louise and Leonard Riggio. Gosh, they're good people. ANNOUNCEMENT: “Building on their longtime commitment to social justice, equity and diversity, Louise and Leonard Riggio have made a $5.6 million gift to Weill Cornell Medicine to establish a named scholarship for medical students with financial need who are ...
Apr 27, 2016 · Leonard Riggio, who built Barnes & Noble into the nation’s largest bookstore chain, will step down as executive chairman in the fall. Photo: Getty Images. Book retailer Leonard Riggio said in an ...
Leonard Riggio '58. Leonard Riggio began his career as a clerk at the NYU bookstore. Convinced he could provide better service to students, he opened a competing store in 1965. His business thrived and, in 1971, he bought the flagship Barnes & Noble bookstore. He changed the book industry with such innovations as extensive selection of books ...
Apr 27, 2016 · Leonard Riggio, chairman of Barnes & Noble Inc., is retiring in September. Here, he poses in front of an Andy Warhol painting in his New York office on June 3, 2003. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News.
Leonard Riggio, the 58-year-old chairman and chief executive of Barnes & Noble, is on the phone trying to close a deal with the writer Toni Morrison. Most authors are eager to please Riggio, the ...
Aug 16, 2013 · This month was its summer gala, and famed collector and Barnes & Noble founder Leonard Riggio held a soirée and benefit auction in its honor at his stately Bridgehampton home, generously opening his doors to art lovers curious to see his collection.
