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IKEA founder overtakes Gates as world's richest

Ingvar Kamprad: $53 billion
Bill Gates: $47 billion
Reuters.com

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Karanbir Singh

Aparently, there is some issue about whether Ingvar Kamprad actually 'owns' IKEA and if the business setup is such, that IKEA's assets can be attributed to one person.

The BBC has more info at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3600229.stm

Carson McComas

Interesting... so perhaps Gate's crown isn't in peril quite yet?

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