Len Riggio ee Carruurnimada ee New York
Riggio wuxuu ku dhashay xaafadda Littlehiga ee Manhattan, New York City bishii Febraayo 28, 1941.
Wiilka dharka xarkaha iyo abaalmarinta abaalmarinta (oo sidoo kale kaxeeya baabuur), laga bilaabo da'da afaraad wuxuu ku koray Bensonhurst, Brooklyn oo ku dhowaa qoys qaran.
Iskuulka naxwaha, dhalinyarada Riggio ayaa ka booday laba darajo, wuxuu galay Brooklyn Technical High School da'da 12 jir, waxana uu qalin-jebiyey 1958-kii. Wuxuu galay New York University wuxuuna bilaabay barashada injineeriyada maaddooyinka, ka dibna ganacsiga, habeenkii.
Shaqaalaha dukaanka buugaagta ee Mulkiilaha Maktabadda
Inkastoo Riggio uu ka soo qaybgalay NYU, wuxuu ka soo shaqeeyay buugga jaamacadda ee Greenwich Village, markii ugu horeysay oo uu karraanigu soo dhigo $ 1.10 saacaddii. Ugu dambeyntiina, waxaa loo dallacsiiyay kaaliyaha macalinka $ 140 asbuucii. Sanadkii 1965-kii, isagoo weli ka qeyb galaya NYU, isagoo dareemaya inuusan ku qanacsanayn qaabka buug-gacmeedka loo shaqeynayay oo uu ku qanciyay inuu shaqo fiican qaban karo, wuxuu isku xiri jiray $ 5,000 oo uu furay buug yar oo ku yaala geeska. Waxa uu ugu yeeray dukaanka buug-is-weydaarsiga ardayga (SBX).
Barashada Barnes & Noble - Ballaarinta Riggio Bookstore Empire
Isbeddeladda buug-yaraha Ardayda ayaa soo jiitay dhowr sano gudahood, Riggio waxa uu ganacsiga u ballaariyay lix buug oo jaamacadeed oo ku yaala Bariga Dhexe.
Sanadkii 1971-kii, wuxuu ku guuleystay buug-yar-yar, oo ku guulaystay buug yar oo Barnes & Noble ah oo ku yaal Fifth Avenue iyo 18th Street ilaa $ 750,000 waxaana loo bedelay "The World's Biggest Storestore", oo leh 150,000 buugaag iyo macaamilo ganacsi.
Horeba waxaa loo aqoonsaday in ay bixiso noocyo badan oo kala duwan oo ah magacyo, bartamihii 1970-yadii, Barnes & Noble ayaa sidoo kale bilaabay sumcaddooda qiimo dhimista.
Riggio wuxuu furay 40,000 oo lugood oo cag ah oo loo yaqaan 'Sale Annex' wadada agagaarka ka ah dukaanka Fifth Avenue. Qaybta Barnes & Noble Sale Annex Lacagta la soo iibiyay iyo buugaag kale oo qiimo jaban iyo joornaalkoodu wuxuu ahaa, "Haddii aad bixisay qiimo buuxda, ma aadan ka helin Barnes & Noble."
Riggio wuxuu sii waday inuu ballaariyo tirade buugaagta kuleejka ah iyo buugiisa buugiisa oo lagu sawiray iibka Lifaaqa, isaga oo sidoo kale soo iibsaday buug yar oo buugaag ah iyo silsilado duug ah, oo ay ku jiraan B. Dalton. Sanado badan, wuxuu soo iibsaday boqolaal buug-gacmeed ah iyo, ka dib markii qaabka dukaanka laga soo saaro xudduudaha , wuxuu soo bandhigay fikradda 'Barnes & Noble superstore' oo leh qalabka casriga ah, qalabka dukaanka lagu duubo, iyo meelo badan oo lagu ciyaaro oo la akhriyo.
Riggio Qorisyada Qorista iyo Daabacaadda
Sannadkii 1970-yadii, ganacsigii la iibsaday wuxuu ballaadhiyay Barnes & Noble oo gaarsiiyey macaamiisha boosta, iyo B & N waxay billaabeen inay buug ku daabacaan buugaagahooda , sida iibiyaha iibka moobiilka ee Columbia ee taariikhda dunida ee John Garrity. Sannadkii 2003, shirkaddu waxay soo iibsatay Sterling Publishers.
Sida ganacsiyada buugaagta wax lagu qoro internetka sababtoo ah Amazon.com, Riggio wuxuu bilaabay barnesandnoble.com. Maqaalka kumbuyuutarka ee loo yaqaan 'Barnes & Noble NOOK e-akhristaha iyo ganacsiga e-buugga, oo ay ka mid yihiin' PubIt 'self-publishing service oo qoraaya kartida kartida daabacaadda e-books iyada oo loo marayo bn.com.
(Sanadka 2013, PubIt! Waa la cusbooneysiiyey waxaana loo badalay NOOK Press
Sannadkii 2010, daabacatada toddobaadlaha ah ee magaciisa la yiraahdo Len Riggio "Person of the Year" oo loogu talagalay tabarucidda buugta daabacaadda ee buugaagta.
Len Riggio Quotes
"Jinsiyaddaydu waa New York City."
- Ganacsiga Ganacsiga
"Waxaa jira 30,000 oo buug yar oo buug-yar oo buugaagta Mareykanka ah waxaanuna nahay dukaanka kaliya."
- Forbes , 1976
"Ganacsi kasta oo la abuuray ka hor 1997-kii wuxuu noqonayaa halbeeg sannadkii 2010."
- ayaa laga soo xigtay Magazine New York
"Natiijada [dhibaatooyinka dhaqaale ee 2008] waxay noqon doonaan jawi" Darwinian "(kaliya oo ay ku noolaan karto), noocyada tafaariiqeeduna waa inay la qabsadaan ama la kulmaan burburinta, waxaanu haysanaa oo aan sii wadi doonaa la qabsiga, waxaanan qorsheyneynaa inaan noqono ku dhowaad muddo dheer. "
- warqad furan oo loogu talagalay shaqaalaha, lagu soo daabacay Waddada Wall Street , 2008
Kaalinta Len Riggio ee Waxbarashada
Riggio waxa uu waqti badan ka qaataa waxbarashada dadweynaha, si joogta ah ugudbinta xarumaha kuleejka, bixinta cinwaanada bilowga, iyo ka shaqeynta xubin ka tirsan Guddiga Manhajka New York Fund for Public Schools.
Riggio wuxuu hoggaamiyay qarashka ugu horreeya ee qaran ee loogu talagalay dugsiyada sare ee dadweynaha, macallinkiisa, Brooklyn Technical High School. Waxaa loo dhajiyay Akademiyada Ganacsatada Kufsiyaadka ah ee Babson College iyo Texas A & M Retail Hall of Fame oo leh shahaadada shahaadada shahaadada ee jaamacada Long Island University, Baruch College of University of New York, iyo Bentley College.
Shaqada iyo Xanuunka Dhaqanka
Len Riggio wuxuu ku lug lahaa waxyaabo badan oo danbi ah. Waxa uu ka mid ahaa guddoomiyaha Ururka Dias Art Foundation halkaas oo uu hoggaamiyay oo maal-galiyay dadaalka lagu dhisayo Dia: Beacon, oo ah matxafka farshaxan-dhiska oo aad loo ixtiraamo. Wuxuu ku shaqeynayay ku dhowaad labo darsin oo aan faa'iido doon ahayn oo ay ku jiraan Sanduuqa Difaaca Carruurta, Sanduuqa Carruurta ee Carruurta iyo Tansaaniyanka Ameerikaanka ah, waxana uu helay abaalmarino farabadan oo loogu talagalay dadaalka dhaqanka iyo samafalka, oo ay ku jiraan Abaalmarinta Ciyaaraha Sharciga ee Ellis Frederick Douglass Medallion, iyo Abaalmarinta Ameerikaanka, sharafkii ugu sarreeyey ee ay soo saartay League of Anti-Defamation League, oo qiray in Riggio uu shaqada "u dabaaldagayo kala duwanaanshaha iyo riyada xorriyadda iyo sinaanta xaqiiqda badan oo ah dad badan oo Maraykan ah."
Hawlgab
27-kii Abriil, 2016, Riggio wuxuu ku dhawaaqay inuu ka fariisan doono Guddoomiyaha Shirkadda ka dib sanadka 2016 ee sanadka 2016-ka, wuxuuna sheegay inuu doonayo inuu sii joogo Barnes & Noble Board Directors.