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Len Riggio, trailblazing bookselling giant, dies at 83
Aug 27 2024
Len Riggio, who revolutionized bookselling—first by making Barnes & Noble the dominant bookstore chain in the United States and then by opening hundreds of superstores—died on August 27 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 83.
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