宜家的億萬富翁創始人90歲了回顧其家居帝國的建立

創立了宜家的瑞典商業巨頭Ingvar Kamprad今天90歲了。

宜家一位設計師透露，員工為其在公司瑞典總部用蛋糕慶生。

Ingvar Kamprad, the Swedish business magnate who founded IKEA, turns 90 today. Employees celebrated with cake at the company's headquarters in Sweden, according to one of IKEA's designers.創立了宜家的瑞典商業巨頭Ingvar Kamprad今天90歲了。

宜家一位設計師透露，員工為其在公司瑞典總部用蛋糕慶生。

Kamprad started IKEA more than 70 years ago, and today the beloved brand is the world's largest furniture maker. Though he no longer actively manages the company — one of his sons serves as chairman — he remains a senior adviser.Kamprad在70多年以前開始了一架波音，直到今天這個被熱愛的品牌是世界上最大的家具制造商。

雖然他不再主動管理公司-他的一個兒子作為董事長-他仍然是一位高級顧問。

With an estimated net worth of $39.3 billion, Kamprad ranks as the 10th-richest person on earth and the second-richest in Europe. Still, Kamprad is considered one of the world's most frugal billionaires.約393億凈值的Kamprad全球富豪排名第十而是歐洲第二富有的人。

Kamprad更是被視為全球最節約的億萬富翁之一。

The 90-year-old grew his flatpacking-furniture brand by maintaining a personal and professional ethos of innovation and simplicity.這位90歲高齡的老人通過保持個性，專業的創新和簡約精神發展他的平板包裝家居品牌From humble beginnings selling holiday tchotchkes to his neighbors as a child, Kamprad started a revolutionary, privately held furniture giant with $33 billion in sales — and became one of the richest people on the planet in the process.從他還是一個孩子的時候簡單的賣一些假日用品給鄰居開始，Kamprad發起了一場革命，私人持有330億美元銷售額的家具巨頭-并且在這個過程中成為了全球最富有的人之一。

Kamprad was born in the south of Sweden in 1926 and by the age of 5 began selling matches for profit. At 10, he rode his bike around the neighborhood to sell Christmas decorations, fish, and pencils.1926年，Kamprad出生于瑞典南部并且五歲時就開始賣火柴來獲取利益。

在他10歲的時候，他騎著車在鄰居周圍賣圣誕裝飾品，魚和鉛筆。

In his teens, Kamprad became involved in a Nazi youth movement by the influence of his German grandmother, who was "a great admirer of Hitler." He later described that time as "the greatest mistake of my life" and even penned a letter to his employees asking their forgiveness.在他十幾歲的時候，Kamprad的奶奶曾是希特勒的愛慕者，受她德國籍的奶奶影響參與了早起納粹活動。

他之后描述那段時間是“人生中最大的錯誤”而且甚至寫信給他的員工們請求他們的原諒。

When Kamprad was 17, his dad gave him a cash reward for making good grades in school despite his dyslexia. He used the money to found IKEA in 1943. Kamprad didn't introduce furniture until five years in; he'd started by selling small household items, like picture frames.當Kamprad17歲的時候，雖然他有閱讀障礙，但他的父親為了獎勵他在學校中取得的好成績給了他現金獎勵，他用這些錢在1943年創立了IKEA. Kamprad在開始的五年并沒有引入家居;開始時賣一些小型居家物件，比如相框。

The name IKEA is an acronym for the initials of his first and last names, plus the initials for the name of the family farm where he was born (Elmtaryd) and the nearest village (Agunnaryd).名字IKEA是他名字姓氏首字母的縮寫，加上家族農場名字的首字母，他的出生地(Elmtaryd)和所在的村莊(Agunnaryd).In 1956, Kamprad revolutionized the furniture market by introducing "flatpacking," the method now synonymous with IKEA that cuts costs by letting consumers purchase their furniture in pieces and assemble it themselves.1956年，Kamprad通過引進平板包裝徹底改變了家居市場，宜家獨有的這個方法使宜家消費者能夠碎片化購買他們的家具并自己組裝產品大大降低了成本。

According to best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell, Kamprad is a rare breed — he possesses a combination of conscientiousness, openness, and disagreeableness. These personality traits are what made him a fearless innovator in the beginning of his career.通過暢銷書作家Malcolm Gladwell，Kamprad是極其優秀的-他集正直，開放，乖戾于一身，這些人格特性使他在事業初期成為一個大膽的創新者。

In that vein, Kamprad made the unpopular decision to move IKEA headquarters from Sweden to Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1973 to avoid unfavorable business taxes for his growing company. He also moved himself and his family to Switzerland to protest Sweden's increasing taxes. But the corporation is now based in the Netherlands, and Kamprad has since returned to Sweden.這種處事風格下，Kamprad做了不受歡迎的決定，在1973年他為了正在成長的公司避免不利的商業稅，將IKEA總部從瑞典搬到了丹麥的哥本哈根。

他也將他自己和他的家庭搬到了瑞士抗議瑞典的不斷增長的稅收。

但是公司現在位于荷蘭，而Kamprad已經回到了瑞典。