Ingvar Kamprad & Paul Allen: Dreaming Cars for Car Buyers

May 23, 2006 (Press Release) -- Ingvar Kamprad

Rank on Forbes.com 2006 World's Billionaires List: 4
Net Worth: $28 billion
Vehicles Owned: 1993 Volvo 240 GL
Source: Financial Times

Founder of the Swedish furniture and home goods company IKEA, Ingvar

Kamprad is the proud owner of a 13-year-old Volvo 240 GL. Though he may

own a Volvo, Kamprad still takes the bus and even uses his pensioners’

discount card, as he explained in a rare 1999 interview. Despite being a

double-digit billionaire, Kamprad also still flies economy class and

avoids luxury hotels. In fact, in his self-scribed 1976 Bible, “A

Furniture Dealer's Testament,” Kamprad decries that “IKEA people do not

drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels.” Indeed, Ingvar Kamprad

practices what he preaches.


Paul Allen

Rank on Forbes.com 2006 World's Billionaires List: 6
Net Worth: $22 billion
Vehicles Owned: 1988 Porsche 959 Coupe (pictured above); 1988 Mazda B-

Series Pickup
Source: State of Washington Department of Licensing

When not sitting at the captain’s chair of his 413-foot yacht, Octopus,

Allen can be found cruising the autobahn in his 1988 Porsche 959 Coupe.

Originally, Allen planned to drive his Porsche on American soil, but

stringent emissions standards and crash-test ratings kept his and Bill

Gates’ 959s impounded in customs. Frustrated, Allen gave up and decided

to ship his 959 back to Europe, where he enjoys driving it today. When he

is in Seattle, Allen has a 1988 Mazda B-Series Pickup that he uses to get

around.


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Posted by Nate Chapnick