Swedish business magnate Ingvar Kamprad has been at the helm of IKEA, one of the world's largest furniture stores and most beloved brands, for more than 70 years. With a net worth of $39.3 billion ...

You probably already know that Ikea sells not only furniture but also Swedish meatballs, but do you know much else about the brand? It was founded in 1943 when then 17-year-old Ingvar Kamprad ...

However, the late Swedish business magnate Ingvar Kamprad rarely gets ... Decades before he passed away, Kamprad had placed ownership of the IKEA brand into a complex network of foundations ...

He used the money to found IKEA in 1943. Kamprad didn't introduce furniture until five years in; he'd started by selling small household items, like picture frames.