Ikea Founder Ranked World's 5th Richest

May 16, 2013  by in UnCategorized   

By Aggregated Content in Furniture Retailing on May 17, 2013 from http://www.thelocal.se/47954/20130517/#.UZYaKCtNY9U Ingrad Kamprad, the founder of Swedish furniture giant Ikea, finished fifth on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index published on Friday, with an estimated fortune of $55.6 billion.
Kamprad was the second wealthiest European on the list, after Spain's Amancio Ortega, owner of the retail Zara chain, who finished fourth.

Another Swede, H&M's chairman Stefan Persson, squeezed inside the top 20 with an estimated wealth of $25.5 billion.

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