The Resume

(March 30, 1926-January 27, 2018)
Founder of IKEA
Billionaire

Why he might be annoying:

As a teenager, he joined a pro-Nazi group and remained friends with its founder, Per Engdahl, into the 1950s.
He is a self-admitted alcoholic.
He is dyslexic.
He gave the furniture at IKEA faux-Swedish names because he couldn't remember stock numbers.

Why he might not be annoying:

He called his interest in fascism the biggest mistake in life.
He wrote letters of apology to all IKEA employees of Jewish descent.
He started in business as a kid, selling matches from his bicycle.
He only flies economy class.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 01]
• I am a Nazi
• I am Swedish
• I Died in 2018 (Ranked: 91)
• I Have Dyslexia
• I'm a Billionaire
• Look at Me, I'm a Man in Shades
• Profiles 18751-19000 (Ranked: 18942)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20180127)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 25 Votes: 48.00% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 98 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 67 Votes: 83.58% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 46.43% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 27 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 37 Votes: 62.16% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 73 Votes: 63.01% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 64 Votes: 46.88% Annoying