Ingvar Kamprad was born on 30'' March, 1926 in Sweden. He is a very wealthy person 1comes from Europe and he is also the seventh richest person in the world. A businessman from childhood, he started from 2matches to his neighbours as a young boy to selling furniture to the world. He is well-known as the creator of the furniture store IKEA.
Kamprad discovered the secret of business 3 a young age. He realized that he could 4 matches in bulk（批发）from Stockholm and sell them separately at reasonable prices, and still make a good profit（利润）.He 5 increased his business from matches to fish, Christmas cards and pens. When Kamprad turned 17, his father gave 6 some money as a reward for succeeding in his studies. With the money, IKEA 7 born.
IKEA is one of 8 shops in the world. It sells 9 furniture, accessories, bathroom and kitchen items. IKEA 10 by people for always giving names instead of numbers to each of its products. Kamprad couldn't remember product codes 11he has dyslexia（阅读障碍）.He found names easier to remember than product codes. The store's name comes from Ingvar Kamprad's initials (IK), those of the family farm where he was born-Elmtaryd and the village close by Agunnaryd. IKEA is 12 successful that it attracts lots of buyers to choose its furniture. Therefore, IKEA now has stores in over forty different countries.
Kamprad is famous for his frugality（节俭）.He owns 13 vineyard in France and his business spreads across the world. Even though, he doesn't wear suits, only flies economy class, and always asks his office workers 14on both sides of a sheet of paper. He 15drives afifteen-year-old Volvo, and is known to buy things on sales.
