Ronald D. Boire Steps Down as Chief of Barnes & Noble

Ronald D. Boire, the chief executive of Barnes & Noble, is leaving the company after a tumultuous tenure that lasted a little less than a year, the bookstore chain announced on Tuesday.

Mr. Boire is the third chief executive to leave the troubled company in just three years, after Michael P. Huseby, who resigned in July 2015 and became executive chairman of Barnes & Noble Education and received $10.5 million severance payment, and William Lynch, who stepped down in July 2013.