Ingvar Kamprad's Death

The entrepreneur Ingvar Kamprad died at the age of 91. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

IKEA founder who was estimated to be the world’s fifth richest man at one time.

He married twice. His second wife died in 2011 from a disease that was kept from the media. He had four children named Peter, Mathias, Jonas and Annika.

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It is in the nature of Smaland to be thrifty.

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I decided that the stock market was not an option for IKEA. I knew that only a long-term perspective could secure our growth plans, and I didn’t want IKEA to become dependent on financial institutions.

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We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.

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We don’t need flashy cars, impressive titles, uniforms, or other status symbols. We rely on our strength and our will!

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I’m not afraid of turning 80 and I have lots of things to do. I don’t have time for dying.