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Why is such a big multinational company as IKEA still privately held?

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Question added by Khatim Abbas Seed , BUSINESS CONSULTANT , Google
Date Posted: 2014/05/31
Rehan Qureshi
by Rehan Qureshi , Financial Consultant , Self Employeed

i think Mr. Mohammed Thiab  is quite right in answering this question

Mohammed Thiab
by Mohammed Thiab , Founder / Chief Consultant , MV Consulting

Simply because they do NOT need to go public and become public traded company.

IKEA is not the only big company doing this .... How about Uniliver for example ??

Companies go from private to public  when they need more to grow their business than what they can provide on their own.   Apparently, this is NOT the case with them !

 

zafar abbas minhas
by zafar abbas minhas , Freelance Writer , DAILY MASHRAQ

AGREED WITH MASTER MIND ON BAYT. MR.TAIB

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Why go public? Going along nicely, obviously very well managed, a brand that is known worldwide and is profitable. A goverment which is benefitting from the (I presume) large amount of tax IKEA is paying will quite happily leave well alone working on the premise "!f it ain't broke, don't try to fix it"!

Raafat Sallam
by Raafat Sallam , Organizational Development and Training Consultant , Training Centers, Marketing Organizations.

Agree with Mr. Mohammed Thiab

hossam azzam
by hossam azzam , Fast food restaurant,s manager. , alexandria-egypt

A gree with Mr:  Thaib

Mohamed Basem Hemedh
by Mohamed Basem Hemedh , Siren Projects Eastern Region Manager , Nextel Millennium Telecom Manager

If I can fund my business & I,m stisfy with my market share then I don't need to go public. So may be this is the story with IkEA

Mohammad Tohamy Hussein Hussein
by Mohammad Tohamy Hussein Hussein , Chief Executive Officer & ERP Architect , Egyptian Software Group

Because the founder has core values and cor purpose other than making money and he insists on fulfilling his dream.

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Its the sole decesion of IKEA management. 

If they are getting large business volumes and have sufficient capital resources and funds than why to go publicly and bear unwanted stress and work load !

ALI ABDULLAH HASAN AL-KHAFAJI
by ALI ABDULLAH HASAN AL-KHAFAJI , Warehouse & Logistics Manager , Earth link Telecom

I think a company like IKEA want to be distinguished among other furniture companies.

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