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"It was not exactly so, as reporters found. His home was a villa overlooking Lake Geneva, and he had an estate in Sweden and vineyards in Provence. He drove a P
by ryanlol 9y ago
"It was not exactly so, as reporters found. His home was a villa overlooking Lake Geneva, and he had an estate in Sweden and vineyards in Provence. He drove a Porsche as well as the Volvo. His cut-rate flights, hotels and meals were taken in part as an exemplar to his executives, who were expected to follow suit, to regard employment by Ikea as a life’s commitment — and to write on both sides of a piece of paper." https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/28/obituaries/ingvar-kamprad-dies.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/28/obituaries/ingvar-kamprad...
- jessriedel 9y agoPorches are still modest for a mega-billionaire...
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- thisacctforreal 9y agoPrevious discussion when he died; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16252104 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16252104