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18-520: Shawn Morin is CEO, and John R. Ingram is chairman of Ingram Industries . The Ingram Content Group was formed, in 2009, when Ingram Lightning Group merged with Ingram Digital Group. Ingram Content Group's operating units are Ingram Book Company, Ingram International Inc., Ingram Library Services Inc., Ingram Publisher Services Inc., Ingram Periodicals Inc., Ingram Digital, Lightning Source Inc., Spring Arbor Distributors Inc., and Tennessee Book Company LLC. During 1999 and 2000, Ingram Industries negotiated

36-766: A $ 100,000 gift to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to help victims of Hurricane Katrina . In January 2010, he made a $ 100,000 donation to the Red Cross International Relief Fund to help the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake . In November 2013, he donated $ 100,000 to the American Red Cross Philippines Relief Fund to help victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. As of September 2019, Ingram and his wife Sarah LeBrun Ingram had donated

54-418: A mix-use development next to the stadium" to the developers, including Ingram. Some councilmembers objected to the plan, but Ingram called it "an essential part of our proposal in the private/public partnership." As of December 2017, Ingram is expected to offset the construction costs of the $ 275 million Nashville Fairgrounds Stadium . In particular, he is expected to pay "$ 25 million up front and $ 9 million

72-712: A sale to Barnes & Noble which was ultimately withdrawn after pressure from independent bookstores and the American Booksellers Association . In July 2006, Ingram Industries acquired VitalSource Technologies, Inc , which it later sold to Francisco Partners in April 2021. In June 2014, the company, in conjunction with Hachette Book Group USA and Perseus Books Group , announced that Hachette would buy Perseus, and then sell that company's client services businesses to Ingram, with financial details undisclosed. On April 4, 2016, John Ingram stepped down as CEO, and

90-615: A year over 30 years to help retire Metro's annual $ 13 million debt for the $ 225 bond issuance." Ingram contributed US$ 1,500 to Republican David Fox's unsuccessful mayoral campaign in 2015. Ingram sits on the boards of trustees of the National Book Foundation and the National Center for Learning Disabilities, Vanderbilt University , the Montgomery Bell Academy , Western Governors University (WGU) Tennessee, and

108-558: Is an American heir, businessman and philanthropist. He is the chairman and president of Ingram Entertainment , the largest distributor of DVDs and video games in the US. He is the founder and chairman of DBI Beverage , a distributor of California beers and non-alcoholic drinks in Chico , Napa , Sacramento , San Francisco , San Joaquin County , San Jose , Truckee and Ukiah . Ingram's late father

126-610: Is the chairman of the Ingram Content Group , Lightning Source and Ingram Industries . He is the owner of Nashville SC . John Ingram's father is E. Bronson Ingram II , the billionaire founder of Ingram Industries . His mother is Martha Rivers Ingram and his brothers are Orrin H. Ingram II and David Bronson Ingram . His paternal, fifth-generation grandfather, David Ingram, was an immigrant from Leeds , England. His paternal great-great-grandfather, Orrin Henry Ingram ,

144-852: The Harpeth Hall School in Nashville. He is a member of the Charles Davis Foundation and the Princeton Varsity Club Advisory Committee. The John R. Ingram '83 Endowed Fund for Athletics in the Department of Athletics at Princeton is named for him. Ingram is married to Stephanie Currey, the daughter of Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. They have four children. They reside in Belle Meade, Tennessee . David Bronson Ingram David Bronson Ingram (born 1962/1963)

162-601: The Nashville SC , alongside fellow billionaires Mark Wilf , Zygi Wilf and Leonard Wilf . To avoid a "conflict of interest," Ingram decided not to participate in negotiations on behalf of Vanderbilt University, where he is a trustee (as does Mark Wilf), about a new stadium potentially built by the university; the university decided to opt out of the plan in September. In November 2017, Nashville Mayor Megan Barry suggested giving away "10 acres of city-owned fairgrounds land for

180-597: The Weyerhaeuser corporation. Ingram received a bachelor's degree in history from Duke University in 1985 and an MBA from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University in May 1989. He was development officer of Duke University from 1985 to 1987. He was CEO of Ingram Entertainment until 2012. He is the chairman of Ingram Entertainment, and the founder and chairman of DBI Beverage. He serves on

198-490: The 1990s. He was vice-chairman of Ingram Industries, from 1999 to 2008, is now chairman. He also is CEO and chairman of the Ingram Content Group. He has been a member of the board of directors of Ingram Micro since 1996, and sits on the advisory board of FCA Venture Partners. In August 2017, Ingram became "the lead investor in the effort to bring a Major League Soccer team to Nashville, later known as

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216-548: The US to sell books from the Ingram catalog. In June 2017, Ingram purchased Book Network International Limited, a book distributor based in Plymouth , U.K., from Rowman & Littlefield . In June 2022, Ingram entered into a partnership with bookseller/social media site, Tertulia, to sell its library of books. John R. Ingram (businessman) John R. Ingram (born 1961/1962) is an American heir, businessman and philanthropist. He

234-850: The United States, from warehouses in Oregon , Pennsylvania , Tennessee , and Indiana . It also operates a print-on-demand business, under the Lightning Source brand, with facilities in Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Ohio , California , United Kingdom , France and Australia . The company also provides full service distribution, including sales and marketing services via its Ingram Publisher Services division. In addition to print distribution, Ingram also provides digital content services and distribution through CoreSource, VitalSource, and MyiLibrary. In 2015, Ingram purchased Aer.io which allows websites, based in

252-575: The board of directors of Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc. Formerly, he served on the boards of BUY.com, Goldleaf Financial Solutions, Inc. and Ingram Micro. He is chairman of the board of trustees of Montgomery Bell Academy . He serves as president of The Golf Club of Tennessee and head of the investment committee for the Tennessee Golf Foundation. He is a member of the Augusta National Golf Club . In September 2005, he made

270-716: The impact, if any, from the sale. This deal fell through and Baker & Taylor left the retail book wholesale market after divesting some of its entertainment product distribution to Ingram Entertainment in January 2019. Baker & Taylor's departure left Ingram Book Company as the only major book wholesaler to retail stores in the United States. The company has the industry's largest active book inventory with access to 7.5 million titles. The markets they serve include booksellers, librarians, educators and specialty retailers. Ingram employs approximately 3,000 people worldwide. Ingram Content Group distributes to independent book stores throughout

288-564: Was E. Bronson Ingram II , founder of Ingram Industries . His mother is Martha Rivers Ingram and his brothers are Orrin H. Ingram II and John R. Ingram . His paternal grandfather five times removed, David Ingram, was an immigrant from Leeds , England. His paternal great-great-grandfather, Orrin Henry Ingram , was a lumber baron in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and early invested in Friedrich Weyerhäuser 's timber investments, later known as

306-650: Was a lumber baron in Eau Claire, Wisconsin , and an early investor in Friedrich Weyerhäuser 's timber interests, later known as the Weyerhaeuser corporation. Ingram received a bachelor's degree in English from Princeton University in 1984, and an MBA from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University in 1986. Ingram joined the family business, Ingram Industries, in 1986. He worked for Ingram Micro , in Santa Ana, California , then in Belgium , during

324-534: Was succeeded by Shawn Morin. In December 2018, it was reported that Ingram Content extended an offer to purchase book distributor Baker & Taylor 's retail and wholesale business from their parent company, Follett . As a result, Ingram informed the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of the proposed deal, and a preliminary investigation was started. The FTC contacted leading book retailers, Amazon , and major and independent book publishers to help determine

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