Ingvar Kamprad bulk very cheaply from Stockholm, sell them individually at a low price, and still make a good profit. From matches, he expanded to selling fish, Christmas tree decorations, seeds, and later ballpoint pens and pencils. When Kamprad was 17, his father gave him a cash reward for succeeding in his studies. Ingvar attended Göteborgs handelsinstitut, now part of Hvitfeldtska Gymnasiet, from 1943 to 1945. In 1943, when he was 17, Kamprad founded IKEA, selling replicas of his uncle Ernst's kitchen table. In 1948, Kamprad diversified his portfolio, adding furniture. His business was mostly mail order. The acronym IKEA is made
Office Products International company's CEO is Steve Hilleard. Office Products International Office Products International ("OPI") is a monthly magazine that reports on global issues affecting the office supplies sector. Apart from its monthly magazine, OPI also provides other services to the office products industry. These include a daily news service on the opi.net website, special supplements, contract publishing, and conferences and awards dinners in Europe, North America and Asia. The first issue of OPI magazine came out in November 1991 and was released by its former publisher Mondiale Corporation Ltd. The company was then sold to Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC in June 1997.