Len Riggio's Childhood muNew York
Riggio akaberekerwa muLittle Little Italy musha weManhattan, New York City musi waFebruary 28, 1941.
Uyu mwanakomana womupfeki uye mubairo wemubayiro (uyo akadzitisawo cab), kubva kumakore mana akakurira muBensonhurst, kuBrooklyn iri pedo nemhuri yakakura.
Muchikoro chechirama, vechidiki Riggio vakaputsa zvikoro zviviri, vakapinda muBrooklyn Technical High School pazera remakore gumi nemaviri, vakapedza kudzidza muna 1958. Akapinda muYunivhesiti yeNew York ndokutanga kudzidza metallurgical engineering, iyo yebhizimisi, usiku.
Bookstore Clerk kuWebstore Owner
Apo Riggio akaenda kuNUU, akashanda pajivhesiti reyunivhesiti muGreenwich Village, pakutanga sokunge mubharaki achiita $ 1.10 paawa. Pakupedzisira, akakurudzirwa kumubatsiri mutariri pa $ 140 pavhiki. Muna 1965, vachiri kuenda kuNUU, vachifunga kuti havana kugutsikana nekuti mabhuku ebhuku raiitwa sei uye vanogutsikana kuti aigona kuita basa riri nani, akachera pamwe $ 5,000 uye akazarura mabhuku ekukwikwidza akakomberedza kona. Akadana dhipatimendi iyo Student Book Exchange (SBX).
Kuva Barnes & Noble - Kuwedzera Umambo hweRiggio Bookstore
Bhuku reVadzidzi reBhuku rakabudirira uye mumakore mashomanana, Riggio akanga awedzera bhizinesi kune matanhatu makoreji mabhuku eEast Coast.
Muna 1971, akawana mukana wekutambisa mabhizimusi eBheeses neNoble paFifth Avenue uye 18th Street ye $ 750,000 uye akauchinja kuva "World Book Largest Bookstore," ine 150 000 mabhuku uye mabhiiyo emabhizimisi.
Sekuve neve mukurumbira wekupa huwandu hwakawanda hwezvinyorwa, pakati pe1970, Barnes & Noble zvakare vakatanga mukurumbira wavo wokuderedza.
Riggio yakazarura 40,000 square feet Sale Sale mumugwagwa kubva kuFifth Avenue flagship store. The Barnes & Noble Sale Annex yakachengetwa zvisizvo uye mamwe mabhuku akabhadharwa uye mabhizinesi avo ndeokuti, "Kana iwe wakabhadhara mutengo wakakwana, hauna kuzviwana kuBarnes & Noble."
Riggio akaenderera mberi nekuwedzera nhamba yake yekutengesa mabhizinesi mabhuku uye mabhuku ake mabhuku anotaridzirwa pa Sales Sales, sezvo akawanawo mabhuku maduku mabhuku uye mabhuku ezvitoro, kusanganisira B. Dalton. Mumakore ose aya, akawana mazana ezvitoro zvezvitoro uye, achitevera mufananidzo wechitoro wakagadzirwa neBorders , akatanga gwaro reBarnes & Noble superstore nemapurisa ekusscale, mune-store mabhaji mabha, uye nzvimbo dzakawanda dzepaki uye kuverenga.
Riggio's Bookselling and Publishing Initiatives
Muma1970, bhizinesi raiwana yakawedzera Barnes & Noble kusvika kune vatengi-tsamba, uye B & N vakatanga kutora mabhuku avo mabhuku avo , semutengesi wemamiriyoni- Columbia Columbia yeWorld naJohn Garrity. Muna 2003, kambani yakawana Sterling Publishers.
Sezvo bhizinesi rebhizimisi rakafambisa paIndaneti nekuda kweAma Amazon.com, Riggio yakatanga barnesandnoble.com. Sezvo e-book revolution yakabata, akaumba Barnes & Noble NOOK e-reader uye e-book bhizinesi, iyo inosanganisira PubIt! Self-publishing service inopa vanyori kukwanisa kudhinda ma e-mabhuku avo ezvo kuti vaite kuburikidza bn.com.
(Muna 2013, PubIt! Yakarongedzwa uye yakatumidzwa kuti NOOK Press
Muna 2010, Weekly Publishers ainzi Len Riggio "Munhu wegore" nekuda kwezvipo zvake mubhuku rekubudisa mabhizimusi.
Len Riggio Quotes
"Nyika yangu ndeyeNew York City."
- Businessweek
"Kune 30 000 mini-delicatessens mubhuku rekuAmerica uye isu tiri ndiro rega maduka."
- Forbes , 1976
"Bhizimisi chero ripi zvaro rakasikwa gore ra1997 rava dorosi gore ra2010."
- yakanyorwa muNew York Magazine
"Mugumisiro [wekutambudzika kwemari muna 2008] uchava" nzvimbo yeDarwinian "(inongova yakanyanya kupona ichapona), uye mhando dzekutengesa dzinofanira kuchinja kana kutarisana nekupera.Tinazvo uye ticharamba tichigadzirisa, uye tinoronga kuva kumativi ose kwenguva yakareba. "
- kubva kune tsamba yakashama kuvashandi, yakabudiswa muThe Wall Street Journal , 2008
Len Riggio's Contributions to Education
Riggio anoshandisa nguva yake yakawanda kuchikoro chevanhu vose, achidzidzira nguva dzose pamakorojiji, achiendesa kutanga mazita, uye anoshumira seNhengo yeBhodi yeNew York Fund yeZvikoro Zvose.
Riggio akatungamirira sarudzo yekutanga yega yega yega yega pachikoro chesekondari, his alma mater, Brooklyn Technical High School. Akave akapinza muChikoro cheMabhizimisi Akashamiswa paBabson College uye Texas A & M Retail Hall of Fame uye ane dhigirii dhigirii yekuremekedza kubva kuLong Island University, Baruch College yeGuta University yeNew York, uye Bentley College.
Basa Rinobatsira uye Rsika
Len Riggio yakabatanidzwa mune zvakawanda zvikonzero zvinopa hupenyu. Akashanda seSachigaro weDia Art Foundation apo akatungamira uye akabhadhara mari yekuedza kuvaka Dia: Beacon, iyo inoremekedzwa zvikuru-yekugadzirwa kwemahofisi emuyu museum. Akashanda pamapurisa anenge makumi maviri nemaviri asingabatsiri, kusanganisira nevana Children Defence Fund, Black Children's Community Crusade neItaly American Foundation uye yakagamuchira mibairo yakawanda nekuda kwetsika nemararamiro ake, kusanganisira Ellis Island Medal of Honor, iyo Frederick Douglass Medallion, uye Mutambo weAmerica, iyo yakakosha kukudzwa yakapiwa neAnti-Defamation League, iyo yakabvuma basa raRiggio "kupemberera zvakasiyana-siyana uye kuita kuti kurota kwekusununguka uye kuenzana zviitike kune vazhinji veAmerica."
Kurega basa
Musi waApril 27, 2016, Riggio, akazivisa kuti aizotora basa seSachigaro weKambani achitevera musangano wegore regore raSeptember 2016 munaSeptember, uye akataura chinangwa chake chekugara paBarnes & Noble Board of Directors.