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Ole Kirk Christiansen (born Ole Kirk Kristiansen; [a] 7 April 1891 – 11 March 1958) was a Danish carpenter. In 1932, he founded the construction toy company Lego, later known as The Lego Group . Christiansen transformed his small woodworking shop, which initially sold household products, into a manufacturer of wooden toys.
Kirkbi, a trust that looks after the Kirk Kristiansen family’s 75% share of Europe’s biggest toymaker, enjoyed net income of 11.3 billion kroner ($1.62 billion) in its portfolio, a 5.9% ...
Kirkbi A/S (Kirkbi) is a Danish investment management company headquartered in Billund, Denmark that serves as a family office to manage the fortune of the Kristiansen family, the current owners of The Lego Group. It owns 75% of The Lego Group and 47.5% of Merlin Entertainments. Kirkbi has additional offices in Copenhagen as well as Baar in ...
Fourth-gen heirs of the Kirk Kristiansen family . The family firm is currently chaired by Sofie Kirk Kristiansen’s brother, ... (22.5%) and the family’s nonprofit foundation K2 Fonden af 2023 ...
The company was founded in 1932, by Ole Kirk Christiansen. [7] The name Lego is derived from the Danish phrase leg godt , meaning "play well". In the first half of 2015, The Lego Group became the world's largest toy company by revenue , with sales amounting to US$ 2.1 billion, surpassing Mattel , which had US$1.9 billion in sales.
The company is 75% owned by Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, grandchild of the founder, Ole Kirk Kristiansen, and 25% by the LEGO Foundation. The Kristiansen family’s holding and investment company ...
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen R.1 (Danish pronunciation: [ˈkʰelˀ ˈkʰiɐ̯k kʰʁeˈstjænˀsn̩]; born 27 December 1947) is a Danish businessman who was the president and CEO of The Lego Group from 1979 to 2004. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Kristiansen is the third richest Dane, with a net worth of US$7.26 billion as of April ...
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