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Ingvar Kamprad

BiographiesConsumer brands and retail founders

Founder of IKEA, 1943; built flat-pack furniture into the largest furniture retailer in the world.

5 biographies about them

Biographies about them 5

The authorised as-told-to book is the main source; there is no independent full biography in English.

Leading by Design: The IKEA Story
Leading by Design: The IKEA Story
Bertil Torekull, Ingvar Kamprad · 1999 · As-told-to and authorised; built from Torekull's interviews with Kamprad.
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The Truth About IKEA
The Truth About IKEA
Johan Stenebo · 2010 · Insider account by Kamprad's former assistant; hostile.
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The IKEA Edge
The IKEA Edge
Anders Dahlvig · 2012 · Insider account by the CEO who ran IKEA for a decade after Kamprad.
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Great Ikea!
Great Ikea!
Elen Lewis · 2005 · Brand history; useful on the retail model, thin on the man.
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Design by IKEA: A Cultural History
Design by IKEA: A Cultural History
Sara Kristoffersson · 2014 · Academic study of the brand mythology Kamprad built.
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