Ingvar Kamprad
admin | September 8, 2010
Most of you may use a piece of this man’s invention and if you do not personally use it someone you know will and you will have heard of it….. IKEA. The name IKEA is made up of an acronym it is made up of the initials of his name (Ingvar Kamprad) plus those of Elmtaryd, the family farm where he was born, and the nearby village Agunnaryd.
This man is worth an estimated $23 billion dollars and something that started off as a childhood passion selling something that he could buy in bulk and still can make a small profit from it. Anyone who knows IKEA knows that you can get good value for money and at a realistic price. The designs are simplistic and this sums up Ingvar Kamprad.
As a multi-millionaire this man could literally spend his money on what he likes, buy what he likes, live where he likes and drive what he likes. But this man lives what he preaches, he does none of the above and he encourages his employees to do the same. He is a man who still owns and drives a Volvo car that is 15 years old, will only fly economy class and does not like to see waste in the workplace and tells him employees to write on both sides of the paper. This is really outstanding for a man of his wealth to be so real and keep to the one thing that gave him his wealth, a passion for seeing people live with nice things that don’t cost the earth.
Yes he will spend a little on a nice home but he is a fan of his own business and often is seen at IKEA when he wants a cheap meal or to buy cheap presents he is often seen there. Even when you think this man could take from the business what he likes he too still shops a lot during the sales. It is nice to know that some people who have made it cannot let it affect them that they really do live what they say.
