STOCKHOLM (via AP & WOOD TV 8) — 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, Sweden.
“He will be much missed and warmly remembered by his family and IKEA staff all around the world,” the company said.
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