ʻO Len Riggio ke keiki ma New York
Ua hānauʻiaʻo Riggio ma ka mokuʻo Little Italia ma Manhattan, ma ke kūlanakauhaleʻo New York i ka lā 28 o Pepeluali, 1941.
ʻO ia ke keiki a ka mea hana lole a me ka mea lanakila (ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea i hoʻoholo i ke kaʻa), mai kona mau makahiki heʻehā, ulu aʻeʻo ia ma Bensonhurst, Brooklyn ma kahi kokoke i kahiʻohana lōʻihi.
Ma ke kula haʻahaʻa, ua hoʻokuʻuʻo Riggio iʻelua mau mākau, komo i ke kula kiʻekiʻeʻo Brooklyn i ka 12 o kona makahiki, a ua puka i ke kulanui i ka makahiki 1958. Ua komoʻo ia i ke Kulanui o New York a ua hoʻomakaʻo ia e aʻo i ka'enekenehana me kaʻoihana, i ka pō.
Ka Pelekikena Kūkewele i ka mea kūʻai hale kūʻai
ʻOiaiʻo Riggio i hele aku i NYU, ua hanaʻo ia ma ka hale kūʻai puke ma Greenwich Village, ma keʻano he mea kākau i $ 1.10 no ka hola. I ka hopena, ua hoʻolālāʻiaʻo ia i mea kōkua ma kahi $ 140 o ka pule. I ka makahiki 1965, oiaiʻo ia e hele ana i NYU, me ka huhūʻole i keʻano e holo ana ka hale kūʻai a hoʻomaopopo hoʻi e hiki iā ia ke hana i kahiʻoi akuʻoi aku,ʻoi akuʻo ia i kahi $ 5,000 a ua weheʻo ia i kahi hale kūʻaiʻoihana ma ke kihi. Ua kapaʻo ia i ka hale kūʻai i ka Exchange Book Student (SBX).
E lilo i Barnes & Noble - Hoʻonui i ke Aupuni Kūʻaiʻo Riggio
Ua ulu maikaʻi ka Exchange Book Student a ma loko o kekahi mau makahiki, ua hoʻonuiʻo Riggio i kaʻoihana iʻeono waihona puke kulanui ma ka East Coast.
I ka makahiki 1971, loaʻaʻo ia i ka hale kūʻai mākoki,ʻo Barnes & Noble, ma kahi o Fifth Avenue a me 18th Street no $ 750,000 a liloʻo ia i "The Greatgest Bookstore," me 150,000 mau puke a me nā inoa kālepa.
Ma mua o ka makahiki 1970, ua kaulanaʻo Barnes & Noble no ka hoʻolakoʻana i nā poʻo inoa lehulehu.
Ua weheʻo Riggio he 40,000 kapuaʻi kapuaʻi ke kumukūʻai o ka hoʻohui'āina ma'ō aku o ke alanui mai kahi hale kūʻaiʻo Fifth Avenue. Ua kūʻaiʻia nā koena a Barnes & Noble Sale Annex a me nā puke'ē aʻe i hoʻolimalimaʻia a me kā lākou hua'ōlelo, "Inā ua ukuʻoe i ka uku piha,ʻaʻole i loaʻa iāʻoe ma Barnes & Noble."
Ua hoʻomauʻo Riggio i ka hoʻonuiʻana i kāna mau puke kula kulanui a me kāna puke puke i hoʻohālikelikeʻia ma ke kūʻaiʻana iā Sales Annex,ʻoiaiʻo ia i loaʻa nā puke liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi a me nā mea kūʻai puke, e like me B. Dalton. I loko o nā makahiki, ua loaʻa iā ia he mau haneli puke haneri a ma muli o ka hoʻolālā hale kūʻai i hoʻolālāʻia e nā Borders , ua hoʻokuʻu i ka manaʻo o ka hale Barnes & Noble me nā papahana maʻamau, nā hale kope kaomi, a me nā wahi he nui e pāka a heluhelu.
Hāʻawiʻo Riggio's Bookselling and Publishing Initiatives
I ka makahiki 1970, ua hoʻonuiʻia ka waiwai i kūʻaiʻia e Barnes & Noble i nā mea kūʻai aku i ka leka uila, a ua hoʻomakaʻo B & N i ka paipaiʻana i kā lākou mau puke pono'ī , e like me ka mea kūʻai aku miliona-copy The Columbia History of the World na John Garrity. I ka makahiki 2003, ua loaʻa i ka huiʻo Sterling Publishers.
I ka huakaʻi o nā puke puke puke ma ka pūnaewele no Amazon.com, hoʻolahalahaʻo Riggio i ka barnesandnoble.com. I ka hopena o ka hoʻoponopono o ka e-book, ua kūkuluʻo ia i ka Barnes & Noble NO-e heluhelu a me ka puke e-puke,ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻolaha hoʻolaha hoʻolaha PubIt e hāʻawi ana i nā mea kākau i ka hiki ke hoʻopuka i kā lākou mau puke pono'ī a hoʻolako iā lākou a ma o bn.com.
(I ka makahiki 2013, ua hōʻano houʻia ka PubIt! A ua inoa houʻia i NOOK Press
I ka makahiki 2010, kapaʻiaʻo Len Riggioʻo " Publisher's Weekly " no ka mea nāna i hāʻawi i kāna puke i kaʻoihana hoʻolaha puke.
Len Riggio nā hua'ōlelo
"ʻO koʻu lāhuiʻo New York City."
- Pakiwaiwai
"He 30,000 mau liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi ma ka puke pukeʻAmelika aʻo mākou wale nō ka moku kūʻai nui."
No Forbes , 1976
"ʻO kekahi hana i hanaʻia ma mua o 1997, e lilo ana ia he mō'ī kahiko i ka makahiki 2010."
- hoʻokumuʻia ma New York Magazine
"ʻO ka hopena o ka pilikia o ka makahiki 2008ʻo ia kahi" Darwinian "(kahi wale nō ka mea e ola), aʻo nā mea kālepa e hoʻololi a pale paha i ka hoʻopauʻia. puni a lōʻihi. "
- mai kahi palapala i weheʻia i nā limahana, hoʻopuka houʻia ma ka Wall Street Journal , 2008
ʻO Len Riggio i nā haʻawina i ka Hoʻonaʻauao
Hāʻawiʻo Riggio i ka hapa nui o kona manawa i ka hoʻonaʻauaoʻana o ka lehulehu, e aʻo pinepine i nā papa kulanui, hoʻolahaʻana i nā mau helu kūmua, a me ka lawelaweʻana ma keʻano he lālā o ka Papa o ke Kulanui o New York no nā Kula Aupuni.
Ua alakaʻiʻo Riggio i ka hoʻokumu mua loaʻana o ka lāhui no kahi kula kiʻekiʻe o ke aupuni,ʻo kāna haumāna hou,ʻo Brooklyn Technical High School. Ua hoʻokomoʻiaʻo ia i loko o ke Kulanui o nā Kuleana Kūikawā ma ke Kulanui o Babson a me ka Hale Hanohanoʻo Texas A & M Retail a loaʻa iā ia nā mākelē lapaʻana mai ka University of Long Island, Baruch College o ke Kula Nui o ke Kulanuiʻo New York aʻo Bentley College.
ʻO ke aloha a me ka hana hana
ʻO Len Riggio i komo i loko o nā kumuhana aloha. Ua lawelaweʻo ia ma keʻano he luna o ka Dia Art Foundation kahi i alakaʻi aiʻo ia i ka hoʻoikaikaʻana e kūkulu iā Dia: Beacon, ka hale kiʻi hoʻokipa nui i mahalo nuiʻia. Ua lawelaweʻo ia ma kahi kokoke iʻelua mau kumukūʻai pāʻani waiwaiʻole,ʻo ia hoʻiʻo ka Fund Defenses Children, ka Crusade Community Children Crusade a me ka Italian American Foundation. Ua loaʻa iā ia he mau hōʻailona no kāna mau hana moʻomeheu a me kona aloha,ʻo ia hoʻi ka Medal Malu Medal of Honor. ʻO Frederick Douglass Medallion, a me ka makanaʻAmelika, ka hanohano kiʻekiʻe loa i hāʻawiʻia e ka Hui Anti-Defamation League,ʻo ia ka mea i mahalo i ka hana a Riggio "e hōʻoluʻolu i nāʻano likeʻole a me ka moeʻuhane i ke kuokoa a me ka likeʻana me ka mea maoli no nā poʻe Amelika."
Hoʻomaha
Ma ka lā 27 oʻApelila, 2016,ʻo Riggio, hoʻolahaʻo ia e hoʻiʻo ia ma keʻano he luna o ka Hui ma hope o ka hālāwai o ka lā ma ka mahinaʻo Sepatemaba 2016 i ka malamaʻo Sepatemaba, a hōʻike mai i kona makemake e noho ma nā Barnes & Noble Board Directors.