Feodor Ingvar Kamprad (Swedish: [ˈɪ̌ŋːvar ˈkǎmːprad] ⓘ; 30 March 1926 – 27 January 2018) was a Swedish billionaire business magnate best known for founding IKEA, which he founded in …

Jan 23, 2025 · Kamprad displayed entrepreneurial skills as a boy when he began selling matches to neighbours. In 1943, at age 17, he founded a company called IKEA, the name of which was …

IKEA was first registered as a trading company on the 28th of July, 1943 when Ingvar was just 17 years old. In his early years as an entrepreneur, Ingvar imported things like pens, watches and …

But because Ingvar was only 17 at the time, and still a minor, he needed the permission of a guardian, which he got. The company registration fee was father Feodor’s graduation gift to …

Ingvar Kamprad founded IKEA in 1943 at the age of 17, selling goods like pens and wallets. Småland, his home county in Sweden, was heavily forested with stony soil. Resourceful …

Jan 29, 2018 · Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of DIY affordable (and relationship testing) furniture maker and Swedish food purveyor Ikea, died on Jan. 27 at the age of 91.

Jan 28, 2018 · At 17, he registered his mail-order business in household goods, calling it Ikea, formed of his initials and those of his farm, Elmtaryd, and village, Agunnaryd.

Ingvar Kamprad is best known as the founder of the Swedish furniture retail company IKEA. How did Ingvar Kamprad start IKEA? Ingvar Kamprad started IKEA in 1943, at the age of 17, by …

Jan 29, 2018 · Ingvar Kamprad, who founded IKEA at age 17, died this weekend at age 91. Photo: Courtesy of IKEA. "When I was about 17, I began to wonder why only the affluent could …

Jan 28, 2018 · Mr Kamprad - who pioneered flat-pack furniture - died at his home in Småland, Ikea confirmed in a statement. The company said that Mr Kamprad was "one of the greatest …