OrangeSoul Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Ingvar Kamprad, the Swede who founded furniture retail chain IKEA, has overtaken Microsoft's Bill Gates as the world's richest man, Swedish TV news reported on Sunday. Citing next week's edition of the Swedish business weekly Veckans Affarer, public service SVT2 television said Kamprad, 77, has a personal fortune of 400 billion crowns ($53 billion). Gates's fortune is put at $47 billion, according to the latest list of the world's rich in U.S. Forbes magazine, SVT2 said. Kamprad, known for frugal habits such as flying economy class, lives in Switzerland and no longer takes part in the daily running of IKEA, but has kept ownership of the company with more than 180 stores in over 30 countries in the family. SVT2 said the dollar's slide against other currencies is the main reason why Kamprad has now overtaken Gates. http://in.news.yahoo.com/040404/137/2cdva.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XanoZuke Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 He won't last long. :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmpCoder Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Yeah, thats the same thing I was thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Well I don't see him giving away billions of dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHaKi- Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 furnitiure retail chain worth $53 billion? wow :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatCat Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 woah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeSoul Posted April 5, 2004 Author Share Posted April 5, 2004 Does USA have IKEA ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cibbis Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 yea USA has IKEA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackwanders Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 OrangeSoul Sure do. There's one outside Pittsburgh, PA that I know of. I know there are more as well. Not extremely common, but around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silversky Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 (edited) Cheap, particle board furniture... Windows... I see similarities here! The store near Pittsburgh is in Robinson. I've been there a couple times. My uncle works there, so we occasionally get awesome discounts on furniture. Chairs for $5 a piece, $10 for 4 bunk bed frames, gigantic veneer tables for $25. Through this arrangement, I somehow ended up with 2 halogen lamps and a really ugly couch. It's completely foam-rubber upholstered with a very bright floral pattern. Ehh.. It was free. :pinch: Edited April 5, 2004 by silversky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptiPlex Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Windows isn't cheap :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bach_m Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Cheap, particle board furniture... Windows... I see similarities here! particle board is built better :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceminess Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Well I don't see him giving away billions of dollars. Exactly, gates gives away a lot money in charity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billthy Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 ive never even heard of IKEA! damn thats alot of money, they should donate to our dieing economy!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silversky Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Windows is cheap if you have the right connections.. or a p2p program with a lot of time/bandwidth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeSoul Posted April 5, 2004 Author Share Posted April 5, 2004 Ikea is for people who go for the Perfection, Cleanliness and BASIC look. Its not for people who like Lavish lifestyles or people with hardly any money. Its for the Middle Class family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptiPlex Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 You can't pirate furniture can't you? :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Grey Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 hmm... you can't get a new scandinavian desk through p2p; maybe the government was right about filesharing costing people money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivand Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 He won't last long. :shifty: I was thinking the same :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeSoul Posted April 5, 2004 Author Share Posted April 5, 2004 He should Donate some money to Neowin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AQUaDeX Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Does USA have IKEA ?? Sure do, check here ;) http://www.ikea-usa.com/ms/en_US/ikea_near_you/splash.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silversky Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 ...and why would anybody want a scandinavian desk? a person can steal software, as a person can steal furniture. A person could obtain the patterns for a desk and distribute them so all of the wanna-be europeans could make trendy desks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanman Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 How much money will Bill Gates have if he didn't donate any money at all? Way more than $53bill right? But yeah, I agree, Ikea founder won't last long at the top of the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billthy Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 no wonder why i dont know them cuz there is none in michigan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeSoul Posted April 5, 2004 Author Share Posted April 5, 2004 he has donated more than 30 Billion , so about 80 Billion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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