8. INGVAR CAMPGRADE
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Ingvar Kamprad, a business tycoon from a small Swedish city, is known as the founder of the popular international group of companies IKEA, which he founded at the age of 17.
Ingvar has always been interested in business. As a child, he often traveled to Stockholm to buy matches at a low wholesale price, and then sell them in his city in small packages at a higher price.
So he received his first profit. The active of the 89-year-old businessman is estimated at $ 3.3 billion.
However, he never liked to spend a lot of money. He always ate cheap restaurants, traded on prices in local markets and flew economy class.