Ingvar Kamprad

Businessman

1926-03-30

Quotes by Ingvar Kamprad

• I'm stingy and I'm proud of the reputation.

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• The company will never go to the market. We want to keep strict self-financing.

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• If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.

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• We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.

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• It is in the nature of Smaland to be thrifty.

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• We don't need flashy cars, impressive titles, uniforms, or other status symbols. We rely on our strength and our will!

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• Normally, I try to get my haircut when I'm in a developing country. Last time, it was in Vietnam.

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• My theory was that good furniture could be priced so that the man with the flat wallet would be attracted to it, would make a place for it in his spending, and could afford it.

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• I feel many responsibilities - to our customers, to our employees, to the environment, to the world at large. But I don't want to feel responsible to investors, to outsiders with financial concerns that may differ from those of the welfare of IKEA.

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