Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen
$6.07B
as of 10/04/24
About Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen
Third-generation owner of Lego, Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen led the toy company known for its interlocking plastic bricks from 1979 to 2004.
He and his three grown children together evenly split ownership of a 75% stake in the $7.2 billion (sales) business.
He stepped down from Lego's board in 2019. His son Thomas, Lego's deputy chairman, will replace him as chair of family holding company Kirkbi in 2023.
His grandfather Ole, a carpenter, started making wooden toys in his workshop in 1932 before moving into plastic in the 1940s.
The family also owns about half of theme park operator Merlin Entertainments, which it took private with a consortium in 2019.
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Citizenship
DenmarkSource of wealth
LegoResidence
Billund, DenmarkMarital status
MarriedBirth date
12/27/47 (age 76)Number of children
3Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Aarhus Business School; Master of Business Administration, International Institute for Management and DevelopmentSelf-made
inherited and growingKjeld Kirk Kristiansen’s fortune is worth
101K
troy ounces of gold
93K
median U.S. household
61K
median U.S. income
0.121%
U.S. credit card volume
0.024%
GDP of the United States
0.018%
United States debt
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The original Legoland, built in 1968 in Kristiansen's hometown of Billund, is made up of over 20 million Lego bricks.
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