Leonard Riggio, who forged a bookselling empire at Barnes & Noble, dead at 83
Tue Aug 27 , 2024
NEW YORK — Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller before his company was overtaken by the rise of Amazon.com, has died at age 83. Riggio died Tuesday “following a valiant battle with Alzheimer’s disease,” […]
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