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• FOLLOWING IN HIS BROTHER'S FOOTSTEPS
• INSTRUMENTAL IN BUILDING BOOK SUPERSTORES
• ATTEMPTING TO COMPETE WITH AMAZON
• INEVITABLE COMPARISONS BETWEEN BROTHERS
• PROMOTED TO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Chief executive officer, Barnes & Noble

Nationality: American.

Born: 1954, in New York City, New York.

Education: Brooklyn College, AB, 1974.

Family: Son of Steve Riggio (semiprofessional boxer and cab driver); married (spouse's name unknown); children: three.

Career: Barnes & Noble Bookstores, 1974–1978, positions in buying and...