
Swedish businessman who started IKEA in 1943 and built it into the world's largest furniture seller by 2008. Died in 2018.
1 book of their own · 5 biographies about them
IKEA's history, with long passages in which its founder explains his methods.
Leading by Design: The IKEA Story | IKEA's history, with long passages in which its founder explains his methods. | 1999 | T2 | – |
The authorised as-told-to book is the main source; there is no independent full biography in English.
IKEA's history, with long passages in which its founder explains his methods.
Insider account by a former director; the only unauthorised English book of substance.
Insider account: the CEO from 1999-2009 on the operating model.
Academic study of how IKEA constructed its Swedishness.
| Ingvar Kamprad, Founder of Ikea and Creator of a Global Empire, Dies at 91 Paywall | The New York Times | 2018 |
| Ingvar Kamprad obituary | The Guardian | 2018 |
| Ingvar Kamprad, founder of Ikea, dies at 91 Paywall | The Washington Post | 2018 |
| Ingvar Kamprad, founder of Ikea – obituary Paywall | The Telegraph | 2018 |