Founded in 1943 by a 17-year-old named Ingvar Kamprad who grew up on Elmtaryd farm in a town called Agunnaryd, this company now has 349 locations in 43 countries and Ingvar is a multi-billionaire.
One of his next locations will be in Hasselt - opening by summer 2015. From the location map in our local newspaper, it seems we may be able to see the yellow and blue sign from our house!
The good news is there will be 350 new jobs to the area and 1.6 million visitors every year and Swedish meatballs will be a mere stone's throw away :-)
The bad news is that the expected traffic to and from will peak at 800 cars per hour which is about 13 every minute and Swedish meatballs will a mere stone's throw away :~\
I'd say that 17-year-old, whose company name is an acronym (see below), has come a long way.
Ingvar
Kamprad
Elmtaryd farm
Agunnaryd town
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