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Ikea sells one Billy bookshelf every 10 seconds . It is the company's most popular product.
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Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of Ikea, has a net worth of $4.2 billion.
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Kamprad was once denied entry at a gala when he showed up to receive a Businessman of the Year Award because he had arrived via bus.
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Every year, Ikea delivers around 800 million feet of products. That's enough product to fill more than 9,000 Olympic-size pools.
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Ikea employs more than 131,000 people worldwide.
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In 20l6, Ikea will convert its entire lighting range to LED . Only LED lamps and bulbs will be sold from then on out.
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Ikea products are named rather than numbered because founder Kamprad is dyslexic.
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Ikea is an acronym that stands for Ingvar Kamprad (founder), Elmtaryd (the farm where he grew up), and Agunnaryd (his hometown).
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There are more copies of the Ikea catalog printed each year than the Bible.
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The largest IKEA store in the world is located in Stockholm, Sweden. It covers 594,167 square feet, which is bigger than 10 American football fields.