CNN reports that “Ingvar Kamprad, the Swedish businessman who founded furniture retailer IKEA, has overtaken Microsoft’s Bill Gates as the world’s richest man,” amassing a personal fortune of “400 billion crowns ($53 billion).” Wow…
Update: Kamprad disputes this claim through IKEA spokeswoman Marianne Barner: “Estimating the value of the company, including all the stores, and saying it’s all Ingvar’s, that is totally wrong.” Either way, he’s still pretty damn rich…
