– USA, NY – Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS), the nation’s largest retail bookseller, today announced the appointment of Irwin D. Simon, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., to its Board of Directors.
Mr. Simon founded Hain Celestial, a leading organic and natural products company, in 1993 with operations in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Under his leadership, Hain Celestial has revolutionized the natural and organic products industry. Mr. Simon was appointed Chairman of the Board of Hain Celestial in 2000. In June, Mr. Simon announced he would be stepping down as CEO after leading the company for a quarter of a century and would become its non-executive Chairman upon the appointment of new a CEO.
“We could not be more pleased to welcome Irwin Simon, an entrepreneur and visionary in the organic and natural products industry to our board,” said Leonard Riggio, Executive Chairman of Barnes & Noble. “His intellect, leadership, marketing savvy and expertise will benefit Barnes & Noble greatly.” Mr. Riggio added that Mr. Simon, who will serve as an independent board member, was recommended to the Company by Richard Schottenfeld, a shareholder.
Mr. Simon currently serves as the lead independent director of MDC Partners, Inc., a leading marketing activation and communications solutions and services company. He also serves on the board of trustees of Tulane University. During the last five years, Mr. Simon also served as a director of Jarden Corporation, a consumer products company and an independent non-executive director of Yeo Hiap Seng, Limited, a food and beverage company based in Singapore. Mr. Simon is also involved in several industry and charitable organizations including The Bowery Mission and Brooklyn Poly Prep School.
About Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Barnes & Noble, Inc. is the nation’s largest retail bookseller, and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. The Company operates 629 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web’s premier e-commerce sites, BN.com. The Nook Digital business offers a lineup of popular NOOK tablets and eReaders and an expansive collection of digital reading and entertainment content through the NOOK Store. The NOOK Store features digital books, periodicals and comics, and offers the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices through Free NOOK Reading Apps available for Android, iOS and Windows.
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