Stockholm • Ingvar Kamprad, the IKEA founder who turned a small-scale mail order business into a global furniture empire, has died at 91, the company said Sunday.
IKEA Sverige, the chain’s Swedish unit, said on Twitter that Kamprad died Saturday at his home in Smaland, southern Sweden. Later it said he died peacefully following a short illness.
“He will be much missed and warmly remembered by his family and IKEA staff all around the world,” the company said.
His work ethic, frugality and down-to-earth style remain at the core of its corporate identity today.