Ingvar Kamprad, the Swede who founded furniture retail chain IKEA, has overtaken Microsoft's Bill Gates as the world's richest man
Published:
13 April 2004 y., Tuesday
Ingvar Kamprad, the Swede who founded furniture retail chain IKEA, has overtaken Microsoft's Bill Gates as the world's richest man, Swedish TV news reported.
Citing next week's edition of the Swedish business weekly Veckans Affarer, public service SVT2 television said Kamprad, 77, has a personal fortune of 400 billion crowns ($A69.2 billion).
Gates's fortune is put at $US47 billion ($A61.4 billion), according to the latest list of the world's rich in US Forbes magazine, SVT2 said.
Kamprad, known for frugal habits such as flying economy class, lives in Switzerland and no longer takes part in the daily running of IKEA, but has kept ownership of the company with more than 180 stores in over 30 countries in the family.
SVT2 said the dollar's slide against other currencies is the main reason why Kamprad has now overtaken Gates.
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