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2018Ingvar Kamprad dies aged 91Ingvar Kamprad dies at his home in Älmhult on 27 January 2018, aged 91. He had remained actively involved with IKEA into his late 80s, visiting stores unannounced and challenging managers on prices. His death ends 75 years of personal involvement with the company he founded at 17 in his grandmother's kitchen. Tributes pour in from around the world. The IKEA he leaves behind operates 422 stores in 50 countries, employs 208,000 people and generates revenues of €38 billion. He transformed how the world furnishes its homes.