IKEA Founder Ingvar Kamprad Died at 91

IKEA Founder Ingvar Kamprad Died at 91
Ingvar Kamprad, founder of Swedish multinational furniture retailer IKEA, is seen in Agunnaryd, Sweden December 20, 2005. TT News Agency/Hans Runesson via Reuters/File photo
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STOCKHOLM—Billionaire IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad has died aged 91, the Swedish company said on Sunday, with the furniture empire he launched more than half a century ago familiar around the globe.

Kamprad founded IKEA in 1943 when he was just 17, but didn’t hit gold until 1956, when the company pioneered flat-pack furniture.