the guy who started IKEA

[WEB slicer]

he makes 90 million a day. he lives in switzerland and he pays 200K a year in taxes.

i find both parts of this story interesting.

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[spazzdla]

Proof?

[Don007]

Proof?

Exactly, what's your source? I think making 90 million a day is really a lot. Especially if you only pay 200K taks per year.

If I would earn that much money a day I'm happy to pay that amount of tax ^^.

In the end, I think that guy did a nice job. Ikea is known about all across the world. However, not always in a positive way I think. Here in the Netherlands many people will see the stuff of Ikea as cheap (which is positive, especially for the Dutch), but also often as a lower quality.

[WEB slicer]

i watched a documentary on youtube about the 1%. his name is Ingvar Kamprad. the guy is worth 53 billion. 90 million a day is not that hard to believe for a guy who is worth 53 billion.

[WEB slicer]

https://www.google.com/search?q=Ingvar+Kamprad&oq=Ingvar+Kamprad&aqs=chrome..69i57&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8#q=Ingvar+Kamprad+net+worth

[spazzdla]

https://www.google.com/search?q=Ingvar+Kamprad&oq=Ingvar+Kamprad&aqs=chrome..69i57&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8#q=Ingvar+Kamprad+net+worth

Sweet thanks. 

[Sumerian]

That's quite impressive. Get him to buy some bitcoin  (just kidding)

[WEB slicer]

right now i'm watching something about the working poor. bartenders and waiters make $2.13 an hour in new jersey. this one girl showed her two week pay check and it was $27 after taxes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_3zmBUCVcI&feature=youtu.be&t=4m7s

[Naer]

40% of the worlds wealth owned by the elite 1%

[WEB slicer]

the most recent study shows the rich own 87% of the worlds wealth and the 1% control 48%.

[jokerboy]

i watched a documentary on youtube about the 1%. his name is Ingvar Kamprad. the guy is worth 53 billion. 90 million a day is not that hard to believe for a guy who is worth 53 billion.

Which documentary ? Can you give URL

[WEB slicer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DT-DTQke58

[Vod]

right now i'm watching something about the working poor. bartenders and waiters make $2.13 an hour in new jersey. this one girl showed her two week pay check and it was $27 after taxes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_3zmBUCVcI&feature=youtu.be&t=4m7s

She didn't show the hundreds she got in tips, and doesn't pay tax on, does she? 

[WEB slicer]

nope, would you? nope. i doubt very much she makes enough in tips to not be considered the working poor. i think it's a big scam they work for $2 an hour and have to "hope" for tips.

[Vod]

nope, would you? nope. i doubt very much she makes enough in tips to not be considered the working poor. i think it's a big scam they work for $2 an hour and have to "hope" for tips.

I agree.  They should fight for higher wages.  Here in Alberta we have a minimum wage, and people who serve alcohol get $2 less than that.  Most everyone is OK with the system, because it's understood that most people tip.

[WEB slicer]

in new jersey they are fighting for higher wages. they were only asking for something around $1.40 increase. the governor rejected it and it pushing for $1 increase spread out of the course of 3 years. so that's like 33 cents a year raise. not nearly enough to keep up with inflation.

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i find both parts of this story depressing.

My view on it.

[faince222]

It's not a guy, but an old people which has more of 80 years I guess. But, It's nothing of new that big company like IKEA find some method to avoid taxes and pay less possible. See Google for example, he find a very good way for not pay no one country 

[MrTeal]

USD$90M/day is a ridiculous figure and completely unjustifiable. Regardless of whether you use the $42B Bloomberg figure or the $3.7B Forbes figure for his networth, he doesn't make $92M/day unless you look at some single day stock price change.

If he "made" $90M/day for a year, that would add $33B to his network. According to Bloomberg he's lost $8.6B in his networth in 2014.

[WEB slicer]

the documentary i watched was from 2012 so i'm sure the numbers will vary. i found this article interesting. i guess different people have different views regarding what counts towards your worth. he may have 4 billion in cash and 40 billion in assets. who knows how these people come up with these numbers but i will bet you my ass the guy didn't lose 49 billion. he has it stashed away somewhere and spread out over multiple investments.

http://www.businessinsider.com/ingvar-kamprad-lost-17-billion-2011-3