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You should see the structure of companies like IKEA or others who really have a complicated corporate structure.
by capableweb 4y ago
You should see the structure of companies like IKEA or others who really have a complicated corporate structure.
- wodenokoto 4y agoIKEA is notorious for having one of the most opaque company structures in the world. Word on the street is that ikea is technically a charity.
- baby-yoda 4y agoThis is a huge oversimplification but my recollection is, there is a design arm of the IKEA structure which is a non-profit. They create and own all of the designs and IP related to products, which a different IKEA subsidiary then licenses and pays royalties on, essentially negating much/all of the margin of the finished good.
- bananapub 4y agoit's not a charity, it's a ultimately held by a pair of Liechtenstein and Dutch foundations, with an elaborate sea of holding companies underneath: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKEA#Corporate_structure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKEA#Corporate_structure
- pjc50 4y agoDo you have a chart for our entertainment? (Does the IKEA org chart have the little figures from the assembly instructions, and an Allen key?)
- otuutti 4y agoMight not be as complex with back and forth ownership, but for a "simplified" chart, AXA's 53 page presentation is up there: https://www-axa-com.cdn.axa-contento-118412.eu/www-axa-com/ebb2a10a-5c00-453b-b1ab-0326920620bc_axa_group_organization_charts_2021b.pdf https://www-axa-com.cdn.axa-contento-118412.eu/www-axa-com/e...
- nunez 4y agoFTX is worse: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/IKEAs-ownership-structure-Source-Figure-adapted-from-Administration-des-contributions_fig1_301703099 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/IKEAs-ownership-structur...