U-Len Riggio's Childhood eNew York
URiggio wazalelwa endaweni encane yase-Italy yaseManhattan, eNew York City ngoFebruwari 28, 1941.
Indodana yomuntu ogqoka izingubo kanye nomklomelo wemiklomelo (owaphinda aqhube nekhanda), kusukela eminyakeni engama-4 wakhulela eBensonhurst, eBrooklyn esiseduze nomndeni owedlule.
Esikoleni sogama, uRiggio osemusha weqa amamaki amabili, wangena eBrooklyn Technical High School eneminyaka engu-12 ubudala, waphumelela ngo-1958. Wangena eNyuvesi yaseNew York futhi waqala ukutadisha ubunjiniyela be-metallurgical, ibhizinisi, ebusuku.
I-Bookstore Umabhalane Kumnikazi Wezincwadi
Ngenkathi uRiggio eya eNyu, wasebenza esitolo samabhuku eyunivesithi eGreenwich Village, ekuqaleni njengomabhalane enza $ 1.10 ngehora. Ekugcineni, wakhuthazwa ukuba abe umphathi osizayo ngo-$ 140 ngesonto. Ngonyaka ka-1965, ngenkathi sisenayo i-NYU, uzizwa unganelisekile ngendlela le ncwadi yokugcina ibhuku egijima ngayo futhi uqiniseke ukuthi angenza umsebenzi ongcono, wabamba ndawonye u-$ 5,000 futhi wavula ibhukwana lezinkampani ezincintisanayo ekhoneni. Wabiza le esitolo i-Student Book Exchange (SBX).
Ukuba Barnes & Noble - Ukwandisa uMbuso weRiggio Bookstore
I-Student Book Exchange yathuthukiswa futhi eminyakeni embalwa, uRiggio wayenezebhizinisi ezikhungweni zezincwadi eziyisithupha ekolishi e-East Coast.
Ngo-1971, wathola i-musty, ehluleka ukugcina ibhukwana le-Barnes neNoble lika-Half-Century ku-Fifth Avenue ne-18th Street nge $ 750,000 futhi yaguqula ibe "I-World Book Largest Bookstore," enezincwadi ezingu-150,000 nezihloko zokuhweba.
Sekuvele idumela lokuhlinzeka ngeziqu ezihlukahlukene zeziqu, phakathi nawo-1970, uBarnes noNoble nabo baqala idumela labo lokusaphutha.
U-Riggio wavula indawo engu-40,000 ye-Sale Annex ngaphesheya komgwaqo kusuka esitolo seFifth Avenue. I-Barnes ne-Noble Sale Annex inezinhlawulo ezisele kanye nezinye izincwadi ezinenani elibizayo kanye nesiqubulo sabo, "Uma ukhokhele intengo ephelele, awuzange uyithole ku-Barnes & Noble."
U-Riggio waqhubeka nokwandisa izinombolo zezinto zokubhuka zamakolishi nezitolo zakhe zokubhuka ezenzelwe i-Sales Annex, njengoba naye athola amabhuku amancane nezincwadi zezincwadi, kuhlanganise noBalton Dalton. Phakathi neminyaka, wathola amakhulu ezindawo zokuthenga amabhuku futhi, ngokulandela imodeli yesitolo esakhiwe yiBorders , waqala umqondo weBarnes & Noble superstore ngezingxenye ze-upscale, imigoqo yekhofi esitolo esitolo, nokuningi kwezindawo zokupaka nokufunda.
Izinyathelo Zokubhuka Nokubhuka ZakwaRiggio
Ngomnyaka we-1970, ibhizinisi elitholakale lakhulisa iBarnes & Noble ukufinyelela kumakhasimende oku-imeyili, futhi i- B & N yaqala ukushicilela incwadi yazo izincwadi zayo , njengomthengisi we-million- Columbia The World History by John Garrity. Ngo-2003, le nkampani yathola ama-Sterling Publishers.
Njengoba ibhizinisi lokuthengisa lihanjiswe ku-intanethi ngenxa ye-Amazon.com, uRiggio wethula i-barnesandnoble.com. Njengoba i-e-book revolution ibambe, waqala i-Barnes & Noble NOOK e-reader e-ibhizinisi nebhizinisi le-e-book, okubandakanya isevisi ye-PubIt! Yokushicilela enikeza abalobi amandla okushicilela ama-e-izincwadi zabo futhi abenze babe khona ngokusebenzisa bn.com.
(Ngo-2013, i-PubIt! Yavuselelwa futhi iqanjwe kabusha ukuze i- NOOK Cindezela
Ngo-2010, uMshicileli weMasonto onke ogama lakhe linguLen Riggio "Umuntu Wonyaka" ngokunikela kwakhe embonini yokushicilela incwadi.
Len Riggio Quotes
"Ubuzwe bami yiNew York City."
- Businessweek
"Kunezinkulungwane ezingu-30 000 ezincane zokudla okuthengiswayo ekuthengiseni izincwadi zaseMelika futhi yiyona esitolo esikhulu kuphela."
- Forbes , 1976
"Noma yiliphi ibhizinisi elidalwa ngaphambi kuka-1997 lizoba yindawo yokugcina impahla ngonyaka ka-2010."
- eshiwo eNew York Magazine
"Umphumela [wenkinga yezimali ka-2008] kuyoba yindawo" yaseDarwinian "(okuzophela kuphela kuzosinda), kanti izinhlobo zokudayisa zizodingeka zivumelane noma zibhekane nokuqedwa. azungeze isikhathi eside. "
- kusukela encwadini evulekile kubasebenzi, iphinde ishicilelwe kuyi -Wall Street Journal , 2008
Iminikelo kaLen Riggio eMfundweni
URiggio uchitha isikhathi esiningi emfundweni yomphakathi, efundisa njalo ekolishi, ehambisa amakheli okuqala, futhi ekhonza njengelungu leBhodi leNew York Fund for Schools Public.
U-Riggio wahola isibopho sokuqala esizimele esikoleni samabanga aphezulu, i-alma mater, iBrooklyn Technical High School. Uhanjiswe eSikoleni Sobomabhizinisi Abadumile eBholasini yaseBabson naseHoorge A & M eHolo lokuThengisa lokuThuthukisa futhi uphethe iziqu ze-doctorate ezivela e-Long Island University, e-Baruch College yase-City University eNew York naseBentley College.
Umsebenzi Wokusiza Nezenkolo
ULen Riggio ubandakanyeke ezinkambeni eziningi zobuhle. Wayekhonza njengoSihlalo weDia Art Foundation lapho ehola khona futhi ebolekisa umzamo wokwakha i-Dia: i-Beacon, i-museum yobuciko obukhulu ehlonishwayo. Usebenze ngamabhodi amabili angenayo inzuzo, kubandakanya i-Children's Defence Fund, i-Black Children's Community Crusade kanye ne-Italian American Foundation futhi uye wathola imiklomelo eminingana emizamweni yakhe yamasiko neyomusa, kuhlanganise ne-Ellis Island Medal of Honor, I-Frederick Douglass Medallion, ne-Americanism Award, inhlonipho ephezulu eyanikezwa yi-Anti-Defamation League, eyayivuma umsebenzi kaRiggio "ukugubha ukuhlukahluka nokwenza iphupho lenkululeko nokulingana libe yiqiniso kubantu baseMelika abaningi."
Ukuthatha umhlalaphansi
Ngo-Ephreli 27, 2016, uRiggio, umemezele ukuthi uzohlala njengoSihlalo weNkampani ngemuva komhlangano wamasheya waminyaka yonke kaSepthemba 2016, futhi wabeka inhloso yakhe yokuhlala eBhodi yeBarnes neNoble Board of Directors.