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<p>His position has been usurped by <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/05/microsofts_gates_dethroned_as_worlds/" target="_blank">Ingvar Kamprad</a>, a Swede.  Who is he? The founder of that cheap do-it-yourself IKEA furniture.  Although people seem to be chalking it up to the fact the the U.S. dollar has become weak in the international market lately.  It is kind of funny though how he flies economy class and drives an old Volvo.</p>

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