Ingvar Kamprad, a Swedish entrepreneur who at age 17 began a small mail order business that eventually turned in Ikea, which has more than 350 stores worldwide and annual sales of more than $47 billion, passed away over the weekend at his home in Sweden. He was 91.
The New York Times obit is fascinating. This was one complex guy - one of the world’ richest men, with enormous ambition, an ongoing problem with alcoholism, and a early dalliance with fascism.
The New York Times obit is fascinating. This was one complex guy - one of the world’ richest men, with enormous ambition, an ongoing problem with alcoholism, and a early dalliance with fascism.
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I have no idea what the funeral arrangements will be. But I’m pretty sure they will involve a casket that is harder to put together than the instructions would suggest.
