Ingvar Feodor Kamprad ; born 30 March 1926 is a Swedish business magnate and the founder of IKEA, a retail company. According to Forbes magazine, as of 2011 he is the 162nd wealthiest person in the world with an estimated net worth of around US$6 billion in 2011. According to Swedish business weekly Veckans Affärer, he is the wealthiest person in the world with an estimated wealth of between $50bn and $90bn, owning the IKEA franchise through Interogo Foundation and Stichting INGKA Foundation. Ingvar Kamprad was born in Pjätteryd, now part of Älmhult Municipality, and grew up on... a farm called Elmtaryd , near the small village of Agunnaryd in Ljungby Municipality in the province of Småland, Sweden. He is a second generation Swede of German descent, his grandfather having moved the family to Sweden from Germany. Kamprads second wife Margareta passed away from an undisclosed disease the 12th of December 2011 Kamprad began to develop a business as a young boy, selling matches to neighbors from his bicycle.
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| Birthdate: | March 30, 1926 |
| Birthplace: | Agunnaryd |
| Age: | 85 |
| Religion: | Church of Sweden |
| Also known as: | Ingvar Feodor Kamprad |