IKEA was founded by Ingvar Kamprad in 1943.
宜家是由英格瓦·坎普格瓦在1943年创立的。
Initial sales were very encouraging, so Kamprad expanded the product line.
最初的售卖非常受鼓励时，坎普拉德扩大了生产线。
Its overwhelming reception soon convinced Kamprad to drop all other products.
该产品广为接受的程度很快便促使坎培德放弃了其他所有产品。
Amazingly, Ingvar Kamprad has managed to keep IKEA a privately-held company.
令人惊异地，英格瓦·坎普拉德已经设法保持由“宜家”私营公司。
When Kamprad was 17, his father gave him some money as a reward for his good grades.
当Kamprad17岁的时候，他的父亲给了他一些钱，作为他取得优秀成绩的奖励。
It was also a very good year for Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of Ikea, the Swedish discount furniture chain.
对瑞典折扣家具连锁店宜家家居的创始人坎普拉德来说，去年是个成功的一年。
Kamprad "s big break came in 1950 when he added to his product line furniture made of wood from the local forest."
1950年，当坎培德将当地森林所产木材制造的家具加入他的产品系列时，他的好运就此来临。
Ingvar Kamprad founder of the Swedish furniture chain Ikea also saw a big increase in wealth taking him to sixth place.
瑞典宜家家居的创始人英格瓦-卡普拉德也因财富的迅速增长而上升到了第六位。
IKEA was started by entrepreneur Ingvar Kamprad in 1943 when he was just 17 in the small village of Agunnaryd in Sweden.
宜家由其创始人英格瓦·坎普拉德在1943年，当他只有17岁时在瑞典阿根娜瑞德的一个小村庄创办。
Legend has it that Kamprad waits until closing time at his local market in Lausanne in order to drive hard bargains with stallholders.
传说坎普拉德还在洛桑本地市场快关门时去和摊贩讨价还价。
Their founder, Ingvar Kamprad, is also famous for having spent a lot of time in the store asking customers "how did we disappoint you today?"
宜家创始人英瓦尔•坎普拉德还有一点很出名，那就是他在宜家商场里用大量时间来问顾客：“今天我们给你带来了怎样的失望情绪？”
Ever since Ingvar Kamprad founded IKEA in 1943, the company has tried to allow “people with limited means to furnish their houses like rich people”.
自从英格瓦坎普拉德在 1943 年创办宜家以来，公司就一直致力于让“条件有限的人能够像有钱人一样布置自己的家”。
Like Buffett, he buys reasonably priced cars and drives them until they die, and, like Kamprad, he chooses affordable motels when traveling for work.
和巴菲特一样，梅哲购买中档价位的汽车，一直使用，直到报废；和坎普拉德一样，出差时他会选择便宜的汽车旅馆。
After the airing of the polemical documentary on Swedish TV, Mr Kamprad retorted that "tax efficiency" was a natural part of the company's low-cost culture.
在瑞典电视台播出这部有争议性的纪录片之后，Kamprad先生辩解道“税务效率”是宜家公司低价文化的天然组成部分。
This eliminated some the richest people in the world, including Ingvar Kamprad, the billionaire founder of Ikea and the descendants of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton.
这就让一些富人们名落孙山了。其中就包括宜家家居(一家瑞典家居商)的创始人英格瓦·坎普拉德和沃尔玛的继承人山姆·沃尔顿。
When the Swedish National Association of Furniture Dealers boycotted him, Kamprad was forced to look outside the country for suppliers and to design pieces in-house.
后来瑞典国家家具经销商协会开始联合抵制坎普拉德，使他不得不去寻找供货商和室内设计作品。
In fact, IKEA was founded in 1943 by seventeen-year-old Swedish farm boy Ingvar Kamprad, who started out selling everything from matches to fish to Christmas decorations.
事实上，IKEA是由一个17岁的瑞典农家男孩英瓦·坎培德于1943年所创立的。在创业之初，他销售的东西从火柴、鱼类到圣诞装饰品等无所不包。
In fact, IKEA was founded in 1943 by a seventeen-year-old Swedish farm boy Ingvar Kamprad, who started out selling everything from matches to fish to Christmas decorations.
事实上，IKEA是由一个17岁的瑞典农家男孩英瓦·坎培德于1943年所创立的。在创业之初，他销售的东西从火柴、鱼类到圣诞装饰品等无所不包。
Ingvar Kamprad, the 83-year-old entrepreneur behind Ikea and the richest man in Europe, was an early candidate for this list, but was excluded because he doesn't exercise his power.
“宜家”家居创始人英格·瓦尔·卡姆·普拉德曾为欧洲首富，本来是榜单的不二人选，但由于他“无为而治”，又被从榜单中剔除。
A confessed alcoholic for thirty years (Kamprad says he learned to consume copious quantities of vodka during Polish business trips), he now regularly attends Swedish health farms to dry out.
坎普拉德承认自己痴迷酒精已经三十年了(他说他在去波兰出差时学会了大量饮用伏特加)，为了戒酒，他现在定期去瑞典的健康农场参加活动。
A confessed alcoholic for thirty years (Kamprad says he learned to consume copious quantities of vodka during Polish business trips), he now regularly attends Swedish health farms to dry out.
坎普拉德承认自己痴迷酒精已经三十年了(他说他在去波兰出差时学会了大量饮用伏特加)，为了戒酒，他现在定期去瑞典的健康农场参加活动。
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