Post by KF

IKEA's founder used to take sugar packets from restaurants Ingvar Kamprad, who built IKEA into a global furniture empire worth billions, was famously frugal his entire life. He drove an old Volvo, flew economy class, and was known to pocket sugar packets and salt from restaurants. He insisted this wasn't cheapness but principle - he believed leaders who lived lavishly couldn't credibly ask their teams to find cost efficiencies. The culture of cost-consciousness he embedded into IKEA is a core reason for the company's success.