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IKEA’s Success Can’t Be Attributed to One Charismatic Leader

Harvard Business Review

During my conversations with CEOs, it always comes to a point where they say: “I want to leave a legacy.” ” Any CEO would be satisfied with the business legacy left by Ingvar Kamprad, the IKEA founder who died last weekend. On the day of the opening, about 1,000 people queued outside the shop.