IKEA’s First Non-Swedish CEO Vows to Preserve Its Frugal Roots

The first non-Swedish person to run Ingka Group vowed to keep prices affordable at a company that operates about 90% of IKEA ...
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Does the UN need to be run like a business? Ikea CEO Jesper Brodin may get the chance

He brought the world Kallax shelves and Poäng armchairs, but can outgoing Ikea CEO Jesper Brodin help lead the world’s largest refugee organization? Brodin may have the chance, as the Swedish ...
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Ikea’s outgoing CEO on succession, sustainability, and knowing when to move on

After eight years at the helm of Ingka Group, the operating entity behind home-furnishing giant Ikea, CEO Jesper Brodin is stepping down. Brodin explains why now was the right time to make the move, ...
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Ikea’s incoming CEO started his career as a store manager—he recalls working at 5 a.m. in the loading area and eating hotdogs with the founder

Staying loyal to one company for decades feels like a career strategy of the past—but it’s paid off for Ikea’s incoming CEO Juvencio Maeztu, who stuck with the company for 25 years. He started off as ...
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Inside IKEA’s CEO succession plan: a lengthy listening tour and a handover that will take months

In today’s CEO Daily: Peter Vanham on the chief executive succession at IKEA. The big story: U.S. conducts military strike off Venezuelan coast. The markets: Bonds are selling off but stocks are ...

IKEA reveals opening date for Syracuse store, first in upstate NY

The grand opening of Syracuse's IKEA store will start at 9:45 a.m., according to the company's news release, and customers ...