Editing Ingvar Kamprad (section)

== Personal life ==
Kamprad and his first wife Kerstin Wadling adopted a daughter, Annika in 1958.<ref name="SE"/> Wadling and Kamprad divorced in 1961 with Annika living with her mother.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |title=Swedish News: Ikea Kamprad's Daughter Snubbed |url=http://www.nordstjernan.com/news/sweden/3720/ |access-date=2 November 2015 |publisher=Norstjernan}}</ref>

In the 1960s, Kamprad married his second wife, Margaretha Kamprad-Stennert (1938–2011), whom he met when she was twenty years old.<ref>[http://www.thelocal.se/20111213/37904 "Ikea founder mourns death of his wife"]. ''The Local''. December 2011.</ref> They had three sons: Peter, [[Jonas Kamprad|Jonas]] and Mathias.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article14071288.ab |title=Ingvar Kamprad i stor sorg |work=Aftonbladet}}</ref><ref>[http://www.thelocal.se/37904/20111213/ "Ikea founder mourns death of his wife"]. ''The Local''. 13 December 2011.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=29 January 2018 |title=OBITUARY Ingvar Kamprad |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/obituary-ingvar-kamprad-s6rpvjfxm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221023001733/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/obituary-ingvar-kamprad-s6rpvjfxm |archive-date=23 October 2022 |access-date=23 October 2022 |url-status=live |website=[[The Times]]}}</ref>

He lived in [[Épalinges]], Switzerland, from 1976 to 2014. Kamprad moved back to Småland in Sweden in March 2014 after nearly forty years away.<ref>Mats Bax et al.:[http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/ingvar-kamprad-flyttar-hem-till-sverige-igen/ Ingvar Kamprad flyttar hem till Sverige igen] {{in lang|sv}} [[Expressen]]. Retrieved 27 June 2013</ref><ref name="THELOCAL">[http://www.thelocal.se/20140320/ikea-founder-moves-back-to-sweden-after-40-years "Ikea founder moves back to Sweden after 40 years"], ''thelocal.se'', 20 March 2014</ref> While working with furniture manufacturers in Poland earlier in his career, Kamprad became an alcoholic. In 2004, he said that his drinking was under control,<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/14/1089694424455.html? "It started in a shed"] The Age, 15 July 2004</ref> and according to ''The New York Times'', Kamprad "controlled it by drying out three times a year".<ref name=McFaddenNYT />

According to a 2006 interview, Kamprad was then driving a 1993 [[Volvo 240]], flew [[economy class]], and encouraged IKEA employees to use both sides of a page when writing or printing.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cheap is good, says furniture magnate |work=[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]] |date=27 March 2006 |url=http://www.nzz.ch/2006/03/27/eng/article6579085.html |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060821110918/http://www.nzz.ch/2006/03/27/eng/article6579085.html |archive-date=21 August 2006}}</ref> He reportedly recycled tea bags and was known to keep the salt and pepper packets in restaurants.<ref name="Collins"/>  Kamprad had also been known to visit IKEA for a "cheap meal", and was known for his frugal behaviour; purchasing [[gift wrapping|wrapping paper]] and presents in post-Christmas sales. The company he created is still known for the attention it gives to cost control, operational details and continuous product development; allowing it to lower its prices by an average of 2–3% over the decade to 2010, while continuing its global expansion. Kamprad explains his social philosophy in his ''Testament of a Furniture Dealer'': "It is not only for cost reasons that we avoid the luxury hotels. We don't need flashy cars, impressive titles, uniforms or other status symbols. We rely on our strength and our will!"<ref name="Collins"/> Kamprad owned a villa in Switzerland, a large [[country estate]] in Sweden and a [[vineyard]] in Provence, France. Kamprad drove a [[Porsche]] for several years.<ref>[http://www.expressen.se/index.jsp?a=174191 Ikea-Kamprads lyxvillor], ''Expressen'', 22 August 2004</ref><ref>[http://di.se/Nyheter/?page=%2fAvdelningar%2fArtikel.aspx%3fO%3dIndex%26ArticleId%3d2006%5c03%5c29%5c181779 Folkhemsmöbleraren 80 år] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111182552/http://di.se/Nyheter/?page=%2FAvdelningar%2FArtikel.aspx%3FO%3DIndex&ArticleId=2006%5C03%5C29%5C181779 |date=11 January 2009 }}, Dagens Industri, 29 March 2006</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040907175615/http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=678&previousRenderType=5&d=678&a=300679 Lyxhusen som Kamprad vill tala tyst om], Dagens Nyheter, 19 August 2004</ref>