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Greetings, Thrive Nation. Welcome back to the Thrive Time Show on your radio.

And today, as we often do, we're breaking down the life and times of a very, very successful entrepreneur.

And this guy, his name is Ingvar Comprat, and he's the founder of Ikea.

He was born there in 1926 and lived until 2018.

He passed away this year at the age of 91.

After leaving the earth with 398 iconic Ikea stores, Ikea, where the customer provides the service themselves.

Amen.

So Ikea, I want you to look this up here.

I want to put this on these show notes because how big is the average Ikea store?

I want to get, I want to tee that up, how big is the average Ikea store?

At age 17, you know, Ingvar realizes, hey, it's the time of World War II.

People are struggling to find matches.

They're struggling to find pencils. They're struggling to find just the items office supplies, seeds to plant things.

He becomes a reseller.

He basically finds a product, buys it low, sells it higher, and he does this for seven years.

Then at the age of 24, it occurs to him, hey, I live by a forest.

You know what? There's a furniture.

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