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Feodor Ingvar Kamprad (Swedish: [ˈɪ̌ŋːvar ˈkǎmːprad] ⓘ; 30 March 1926 – 27 January 2018) was a Swedish billionaire business magnate best known for founding IKEA, a multinational retail company specialising in furniture. He lived in Switzerland from 1976 to 2014.
Learn about the childhood and early entrepreneurship of Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of IKEA. Discover how his love of play, business and Småland shaped his vision and values.
Learn about the founder of IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad, and his vision to create a better life for everyone. Explore the history of IKEA's products, logo, and stores at IKEA Museum.
Aug 30, 2024 · Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish entrepreneur who in 1943 founded IKEA, a home furnishings retailer that specialized in low-priced goods, sold when possible in compact ‘flat-pack’ form for in-home assembly by the customer.
The trading company IKEA was registered on the 28th of July, 1943. But it was a far cry from the furniture company we know today. In his early years as an entrepreneur, Ingvar Kamprad imported pens, watches and nylon stockings, learning the ropes of purchasing step by step.
Long before the rest of the world started talking about corporate culture, Ingvar Kamprad wrote down his vision and ideology for IKEA. He called it The Testament of a Furniture Dealer. It describes how IKEA needs to act to remain a successful, vibrant company.
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Like most entrepreneurs, Ingvar Kamprad’s vision started with a spark – lots of them. In 1931, the five-year-old began selling matches, an essential item in every home. So how did a boy from the Swedish countryside become a teenage founder of a global enterprise?
