創(chuàng)立了宜家的瑞典商業(yè)巨頭Ingvar Kamprad今天90歲了。

宜家一位設(shè)計(jì)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(chuàng)立了宜家的瑞典商業(yè)巨頭Ingvar Kamprad今天90歲了。

宜家一位設(shè)計(jì)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(kāi)始了一架波音，直到今天這個(gè)被熱愛(ài)的品牌是世界上最大的家具制造商。

雖然他不再主動(dòng)管理公司-他的一個(gè)兒子作為董事長(zhǎng)-他仍然是一位高級(jí)顧問(wèn)。

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(jié)約的億萬(wàn)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(guò)保持個(gè)性，專(zhuān)業(yè)的創(chuàng)新和簡(jiǎn)約精神發(fā)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(gè)孩子的時(shí)候簡(jiǎn)單的賣(mài)一些假日用品給鄰居開(kāi)始，Kamprad發(fā)起了一場(chǎng)革命，私人持有330億美元銷(xiāo)售額的家具巨頭-并且在這個(gè)過(guò)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(shí)就開(kāi)始賣(mài)火柴來(lái)獲取利益。

在他10歲的時(shí)候，他騎著車(chē)在鄰居周?chē)u(mài)圣誕裝飾品，魚(yú)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(shí)候，Kamprad的奶奶曾是希特勒的愛(ài)慕者，受她德國(guó)籍的奶奶影響參與了早起納粹活動(dòng)。

他之后描述那段時(shí)間是“人生中最大的錯(cuò)誤”而且甚至寫(xiě)信給他的員工們請(qǐng)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(dāng)Kamprad17歲的時(shí)候，雖然他有閱讀障礙，但他的父親為了獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)他在學(xué)校中取得的好成績(jī)給了他現(xiàn)金獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)，他用這些錢(qián)在1943年創(chuàng)立了IKEA. Kamprad在開(kāi)始的五年并沒(méi)有引入家居;開(kāi)始時(shí)賣(mài)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(xiě)，加上家族農(nóng)場(chǎng)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(guò)引進(jìn)平板包裝徹底改變了家居市場(chǎng)，宜家獨(dú)有的這個(gè)方法使宜家消費(fèi)者能夠碎片化購(gòu)買(mǎi)他們的家具并自己組裝產(chǎn)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(guò)暢銷(xiāo)書(shū)作家Malcolm Gladwell，Kamprad是極其優(yōu)秀的-他集正直，開(kāi)放，乖戾于一身，這些人格特性使他在事業(yè)初期成為一個(gè)大膽的創(chuàng)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(fēng)格下，Kamprad做了不受歡迎的決定，在1973年他為了正在成長(zhǎng)的公司避免不利的商業(yè)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(zhǎng)的稅收。

但是公司現(xiàn)在位于荷蘭，而Kamprad已經(jīng)回到了瑞典。