Mathias kamprad biography of williams

He is survived by his adopted daughter, Annika Kihlbom, from his first marriage to Kerstin Wadling; and three sons, Peter, Jonas, and Mathias Kamprad, from.

One of Mr. Kamprad's three sons, Mathias Kamprad, 44, was appointed chairman of Inter IKEA Group, which owns the IKEA brand and concept.

Mathias put in two years as assistant to Ikea's founder, Ingvar Kamprad, ranked among the top 10 richest people in the world for five years.

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.

The family of IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad, who died Sunday, has has expressed frustration at their inability to construct the Kamprad's IKEA brand coffin.

Mathias put in two years as assistant to Ikea's founder, Ingvar Kamprad, ranked among the top 10 richest people in the world for five years..

IKEA founder retires from the board

Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad handed his youngest son the chairmanship of the company that controls the flat-pack furniture chain’s brand and concept as the retailer transitions power to the family’s next generation.

Mathias Kamprad replaces Chairman Per Ludvigsson as part of a generational shift that has been in preparation for years, Inter Ikea Group said in a statement today.

Ingvar Kamprad, 87, who started selling matches to his neighbors at the age of five and founded Ikea in 1943, retired as chief executive officer of the biggest home-furnishings retailer in 1986.

He’s the world’s fifth-richest man, with an estimated worth of $52.7 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire’s index.

“I see this as a good time for me to leave the board of Inter Ikea Group,” Kamprad said in the statement, adding that he won’t stop working.

The Ikea founder will still have a say in how the b