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Ingvar Kamprad
IKEA · Småland, Sweden
Dyslexic farm boy who turned a furniture company into a global design language by removing every cost the customer didn't see.
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Company
IKEA
Journey
Moves that mattered.
- 1943Founded IKEA at age 17 selling matches and pens.
- 1956Invented flat-pack after an employee removed table legs to fit a car.
- 1965Opened the warehouse-store Stockholm flagship.
- 2018Died — IKEA in 50+ countries.
Struggles
Struggled with alcoholism and youthful Nazi-sympathy ties he later renounced.
Family
Married twice; three sons inherited the foundation structure.
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- ↗google.comIKEA — official site
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- ↗crunchbase.comIKEA on Crunchbase
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Dyslexic farm boy who turned a furniture company into a global design language by removing every cost the customer didn't see.
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