IKEA founder tops list of 25 wealthiest Europeans
Howard Lake | 5 June 2013 | News
Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA, is the wealthiest European, according to Wealth-X, the ultra high net worth (UNHW) intelligence specialists. He heads their list of the 25 wealthiest individuals in France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland.
The total wealth of these 25 is estimated at over $367 billion.
Kamprad himself has a net worth of $43.1 billion. According to Wealth-X, he is "known as much for his immense wealth as for his parsimony; the only luxury he reportedly allows himself is an occasional helping of caviar".
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Top five wealthiest Europeans
- Ingvar Kamprad, IKEA founder, Switzerland, net worth $43.1 billion
- Bernard Arnault, founder of Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, net worth $28.3 billon
- Liliane Bettencourt, shareholder L'Oreal, net worth $27.2 billion
- Karl Albrecht, co-founder Aldi Sud, net worth $26 billion
- Michele Ferrero, owner Ferrero Group, net worth $23.5 billion
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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.