10 CEOs with Learning Disabilities

#7 Charles Schwab

Like most others Charles Schwab, the founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Charles Schwab & Company, also struggled fighting against his disorder, but he didn’t know the name of his disability, until the age of 40.

It is only when his own son got diagnosed having dyslectic disorder that Schwab could make out that he too was suffering from the same, since both the father and the son had same symptoms. Since he found that his son has dyslexia, Charles founded SparkTop.org to help kids aged 8-12 to tackle their own learning disabilities. He has also started the Charles and Helen Foundation that aims at assisting children with the disorder.

#8 Ingvar Kamprad

Ingvar Feodor Kamprad, the Swedish business magnate and the founder and CEO of IKEA, a retail company, also suffered highly from dyslexia. Due to his disorder, he found it difficult to remember letters and numbers.

Thus, he named his company IKEA, which is actually the acronym of Kamprad’s initials, Elmtaryd, the farm where he grew up, and the nearby village of Agunnyard. He also made it a point to pick up Swedish-sounding names for all his products so that he wouldn’t have to struggle while remembering their names.