extracted from a pointer at [found.pale.org]

Microsoft’s Gates dethroned as world’s richest person by cheap furniture magnate
[www.theregister.co.uk]

All hail Ingvar Kamprad!

The Swedish founder of the IKEA furniture chain has passed Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates as the world’s richest person, according to reports out of Sweden. Business weekly Veckans Affarer is set to report that Kamprad holds a fortune of 400 billion crowns or $53 billion. This would put him $6 billion ahead of Gates.

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