Ingvar Kamprad - the founder of IKEA ..

The company IKEA was founded by Ingvar Kamprad in Sweden. Himself Ingvar discovered his entrepreneurial flair still in childhood, selling matches, which he bought on the cheap in Stockholm in bulk and sold at retail for the meager price, while managing to have a good profit from this.



Later Ingvar traded many things, starting with the Christmas decorations and finishing with fish. The very firm, which became such a grant in the future as IKEA, Ingvar founded while still 17-year-olds, on his father donated money. It is very interesting that Ingvar not studied at the university, and the school has never been a successful student, but his brilliant business strategy is taught to this day.

Status Ingvar Kamprad according to Forbes in 2008 was estimated at $ 23 billion, but somehow the same in 2011, Forbes estimated the furniture industry giant only 6 billion, while calling it a major failure of the year. But as of March 5, 2012 Ingvar among the five richest Europeans, and his condition was rated by more than $ 40 billion.