by Anna Maria Romano, CGIL Tuscany, Vice President UNI-Europe Finance, financial expert for CTS Open Corporation
IKEA is a subsidiary of the Dutch company Ingka Holding, owned by a non-profit foundation, the Stichting Ingka Foundation, created in 1982 by founder Ingvar Kamprad with the noble motivation of “spreading the progress of architecture and interior design”. The foundation is one of the largest non-profit organizations in the world, with assets in excess of $35 billion.