Ingvar Kamprad, 89 years old. Forbes makes him the eleventh richest person in the world in 2010

1.

Ingvar Kamprad
• 89 years old
• Forbes makes him the eleventh
richest person in the world in 2010

2.

IKEA is acronym
Ingvar
Kamprad
Elmtaryd
Agunnaryd

3.

IKEA prints more copies than
the Bible
212 million copies of the IKEA catalog
were printed in 29 languages and 62
editions.

4.

Product names have logic
• Garden furniture is named after
Swedish islands
• Chairs and desks have men’s names
• Large pieces of furniture are named
for Swedish places.

5.

BILLY is the hottest boy in
town
One BILLY bookcase is sold in the world
every 10 seconds

6.

IKEA sells actual houses,
too
A four-bedroom home sells for about
$176,000

7.

IKEA is a hotel
It’s called Värdshuset
IKEA Hotel & Restaurant and faces the
brand’s oldest store, in Älmhult,
Sweden.
It features 151 bright modern rooms, a
restaurant, and a conference room

8.

IKEA operates wind
turbines
The company owns and operates 137
wind turbines around the world