Leonard Riggio

Barnes & Noble, Inc. engages in the provision of access to trade books and other content across its multi-channel distribution platform to its customers. It operates through Barnes & Noble Retail (B&N Retail), and NOOK segments. The B&N Retail segment focuses in the retail bookstores under the Barnes & Noble Booksellers trade name, which includes also publishing operations, Sterling Publishing. The NOOK segment refers to the digital business, offering digital books and magazines for sale and consumption online comprises of digital content such as eBooks, digital newsstand and sales of NOOK devices and accessories to B&N Retail. The company was founded by Leonard S. Riggio in December 1986 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Nook Digital LLC engages in the operation as an internet site that sells books and information related products. It offers books, eBooks, textbooks, newsstand, magazines, toys and games, movies, music, and related products and services. The company was founded on January 14, 1997 and is headquartered in Albany, NY.

Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, Inc. owns and operates a chain of campus bookstores for academic institutions, public, private, law and medical schools. It offers new and used textbooks, general reading books, notebooks, school merchandise, athletic gear and alumni products. The company was founded by Charles M. Barne in 1873 and is headquartered in Basking Ridge, NJ.

MBS Textbook Exchange, Inc. supplies and sells new and used textbooks to college bookstores. It is organized into three operating divisions-MBS Wholesale, MBS Direct, and MBS Systems-each division supports customers with state-of-the-art technology and innovations. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Columbia, MO.

The Children's Defense Fund, Inc. provides policies and programs that supports children out of poverty, abuse and neglect. The firm also provides health care, education, moral and spiritual foundation for them. The company was founded by Marian Wright Edelman in 1973 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The Fund for Public Schools, Inc. serves as a vehicle for public-private partnerships as means of supporting public education reform and building support for New York's public schools. It works to secure critical funding for system-wide education reform initiatives; facilitating strategic public-private partnerships; managing a targeted set of programs to support city schools; and building citywide public awareness. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in New York, NY.