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04-05-2004, 05:53 AM #26Aspiring Evangelist
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All that money, just one day with that much is all I ask.
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04-05-2004, 08:41 AM #27Web Hosting Guru
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IKEA... What's that? Never heard of that company below. At least I don't remember.
Now you know why he's rich. The US$ slumps and the fact that he is a miser; travelling economy class etc.
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04-05-2004, 10:20 AM #28Dedicated & Managed VPS Gurus
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Not so fast...
Not so fast Ikea fans...
http://www.usatoday.com/money/indust...-richest_x.htm
The founder of Swedish furniture giant Ikea may not be hurting for money, but the company he founded on Monday denied a report that he surpassed Bill Gates and Warren Buffett as the world's wealthiest man.█ ThePrimeHost LLC - Serving Websites Since 2001.
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04-05-2004, 12:41 PM #29Web Hosting Guru
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Well, this is the most definitiver article about the issue I have found (BBC): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3600229.stm.
Apparently, there's a huge debate in the making.
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04-05-2004, 12:59 PM #30Resident Liverpool FC Fan
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I read on my mobile phone before that he has only taken over Uncle Bill because they are taking into account Ikea's value.
If you take into account Microsoft's value, its absolutely tears Ikea apart.
His personal fortune only makes him 13th richest man in the world.
Of course the weak dollar has impacted Uncle Bills value, but not too seriously.█ Xcellweb.net - Quality Web Solutions That Work!
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04-05-2004, 12:59 PM #31WHT Addict
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I'd start walking around giving people $1000 left and right everyday.. Share the wealth.Serial Beggar
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04-05-2004, 01:25 PM #32ex-Aussie
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Mr Gates's fortune is put at $US47 billionFormer Webhost... now, just a guy.
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04-07-2004, 02:17 PM #33Junior Guru Wannabe
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Originally posted by timechange.com
Now come on....IKEA is the epitome of cheap.
Windows is 98% of the world's OS.
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04-07-2004, 02:19 PM #34Newbie
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omg..
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04-07-2004, 02:30 PM #35Junior Guru Wannabe
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Thing i like about that Ikea chap is that he still drives around in a old Volvo car....
He is also known to travel only economy where ever he goes!~~klooki NET~~
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04-07-2004, 02:32 PM #36WebHostingTalk Lover
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Just heard about this, I wonder how Bill Gates feel about being the 2nd Richest Person in the whole world
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04-07-2004, 03:21 PM #37Web Hosting Master
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If I had that kind of money, I'd buy up ALL the property in my town
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04-07-2004, 05:36 PM #38Web Hosting Master
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SVT2 says the US dollar's slide against other currencies is the main reason why Mr Kamprad has now overtaken Mr Gates.
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04-07-2004, 06:11 PM #39Hmmm....
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Maybe if he gave to charity instead of buying vodka he wouldn't have "knocked" Bill off richest. I pretty much dissmiss reports like this.
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04-07-2004, 07:47 PM #40Web Hosting Master
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Lol, I see commentary like "he was the worlds richest, he is still rich though" of course they are, mulitbillionares and millionaires have a totally different definition of broke and bankruptcy, i guess my broke would be having lets say under 1k, and theirs would be under 80k+
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04-07-2004, 08:13 PM #41Web Hosting Master
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Hey don't call IKEA crap!
This desk right here is from IKEA.
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06-09-2004, 02:41 PM #42Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by MStar
Maybe it's because you can't pirate IKEA furnitureif you haven't considered chapter 7 bankruptcy, maybe you should.
eliminate your debt, keep the property you want, most people qualify.
contrary to popular belief - no attorney is necessary!
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06-09-2004, 03:10 PM #43Web Hosting Master
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fyi..
http://www.IKEA.com
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06-09-2004, 03:50 PM #44Web Hosting Master
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The difference between the two worth is $6billion US.
Did this IKEA guy all of sudden get an extra $6billion dollars from somewhere?
I mean where was this $6billion the last month or previous months?
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06-09-2004, 04:05 PM #45Web Hosting Master
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If you bothered to read the thread youd see he isnt that rich at all. Swedish news reported he was by adding the assets of ikea onto his personal wealth and assuming the exchange rate suddenly gave him a huge extra boost. It didn't and he doesn't own all of Ikea. he has like $18 billion or so if that.
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06-09-2004, 04:35 PM #46Web Hosting Master
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Off topic :
Go to http://www.ikea-usa.com/ and click on "New! IKEA Help Center" ... and ask it some funny questions ... it gives some pretty funny responses!...
You said:I want to see your insert body part here
I cannot as I am a computer program and I do not have a corporeal dimension. Please submit a question which is specifically about IKEA.
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06-09-2004, 04:45 PM #47Keep rockin' in the free world
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Originally posted by websterworld
So is microsofts software, yet they both seem to be doing pretty good.
Maybe it's because once you sell the furniture there is no support after.... unlike MS where somethings breaks all the time.
Cheap crappy furniture to manufacture and resell at a high retail would bring better profits that the 10 billion lines of code in MS software
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06-09-2004, 10:45 PM #48Web Hosting Master
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why was this post dug up from the grave?
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06-10-2004, 02:31 AM #49CISSP-ISSMP, CISA
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Originally posted by Sash!
I tend not to take too much notice of reports like that. A lot of them turn out to be false.
Ill wait for the BBC to announce it before I believe it.
Mind you, I would not mind 1% of either of their money hehehe
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06-10-2004, 03:25 AM #50WHT Addict
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Originally posted by Tux-e-do
All that money, just one day with that much is all I ask.
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