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
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.
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 common-sense simplicity
Simplicity and common sense should characterize planning and strategic direction.
ikea design cost
To design a desk which may cost $1,000 is easy for a furniture designer but to design a functional and good desk which shall cost only $50 can only be done by the very best