IKEA Founder Ingvar Kamprad Dies at 91

Today, an IKEA spokesperson confirmed its founder, Ingvar Kamprad, died at his home in Småland, Sweden. The 91-year-old furniture icon passed away in his sleep. Certainly one of the greatest entrepreneurs of the 20th century, Kamprad began his journey through the business world as a child, selling matches, fish, writing instruments and more to help support his poor family. Then, in 1943 at 17, the son of a farmer founded IKEA, a mail-order company with its first notable product being a replica ...