Ingvar Kamprad
Ingvar Kamprad
Ingvar Feodor Kamprad; born 30 March 1926) is a Swedish business magnate. He is the founder of IKEA, a Swedish retail company specialising in furniture...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth30 March 1926
CityAlmhult, Sweden
CountrySweden
Ingvar Kamprad quotes about
cheap follow mind people proud rules
People say I am cheap and I don't mind if they do. But I am very proud to follow the rules of our company.
follow
I am very proud to follow the rules of our company.
running ikea long
What is good for our customers is also in the long run good for us.
mistake making-mistakes privilege
Making mistakes is the privilege of the active - of those who can correct their mistakes and put them right.
mistake sleep financial-investment
Only those who are asleep make no mistakes.
mistake ikea people
Making mistakes is the privilege of the active. It is always the mediocre people who are negative, who spend their time proving that they were not wrong.
goal way reaching
Happiness is not reaching your goal. Happiness is being on the way.
independent home management
We ought to have more women in various management positions, because women are the ones who decide almost everything in the home
class ikea giving
I'm a bit tight with money, but so what? I look at the money I'm about to spend on myself and ask myself if IKEA's customers can afford it... I could regularly travel first class, but having money in abundance doesn't seem like a good reason to waste it.. 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.
strong reality ikea
The IKEA spirit is strong and living reality. Simplicity in our behavior gives us strength. Simplicity and humbleness characterize us in our relations with each others, our suppliers and our customers.
ikea perfect world
IKEA is not completely perfect. It irritates me to hear it said that IKEA is the best company in the world. We are going the right way to becoming it but we are not there yet.
ikea waste sin
Waste of resources is a mortal sin at IKEA.
undone glorious
Most things remain undone. Glorious future!
ikea common-sense simplicity
Simplicity and common sense should characterize planning and strategic direction.