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Institution

IKEA

Swedish multinational furniture and home goods retailer founded by Ingvar Kamprad in 1943, owned by a complex Dutch foundation structure, and the world's largest furniture retailer.

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Institution

Nebraska Furniture Mart

American furniture retailer founded by Rose Blumkin in Omaha in 1937 — which grew to become the largest furniture store in North America — and which Warren Buffett acquired for Berkshire Hathaway in 1983 in one of his most celebrated transactions.

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Thinker

Rose Blumkin

Russian-American entrepreneur who founded Nebraska Furniture Mart — arriving in the US speaking no English, with $500 — and who built the largest furniture store in North America by following a single rule: buy cheap, sell cheap, tell the truth.

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