Ingvar Kamprad Quotes

• Ikea people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels.

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• Everything we earn we need as a reserve.

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• I am very proud to follow the rules of our company.

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• I’m not afraid of turning 80 and I have lots of things to do. I don’t have time for dying.

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• I’m stingy and I’m proud of the reputation.

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• If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.

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• Our idea is to serve everybody, including people with little money.

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• People say I am cheap, and I don’t mind if they do.

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• We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.

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• We ought to have more women in various management positions, because women are the ones who decide almost everything in the home.

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  Tags in Positions, Women, Decide

Ingvar Kamprad (10)

Birth:	30th March, 1926
Nationality:	Swedish
Profession:	Entrepreneur

About

Ingvar Feodor Kamprad is a Swedish business magnate. He is the founder of IKEA, a Swedish retail company specialising in furniture. Kamprad was born in Pjatteryd Sweden. He was raised on a farm called Elmtaryd near the small village of Agunnaryd in Ljungby Municipality in the province of Småland, Sweden. His paternal grandfather was from Germany but moved the family to Sweden.

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