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kirkbi.com. 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 ...
Lego Samsonite license agreement ends; Lego USA established in Brookfield, Connecticut. 1973: Lego USA moves to its present-day location in Enfield, Connecticut. All Lego products are placed under one logo, a red square with the word, Lego, in white bordered by black and yellow. Lego first sells toys to Hungary. Lego Portugal is established.
In the 1950s, the LEGO Group made its first moves into foreign markets. The early focus was on the Nordic countries. Licensed production started in Norway in 1953 in partnership with Svein Strømberg, Oslo, under the corporate name Norske LEGIO A/S. In 1954, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen became the junior managing director of the Lego Group.
The Lego Foundation (25%) Number of employees. 24,484 [3] (March 2021) Website. lego.com. The Lego Group (formally Lego A/S) [5] is a Danish construction toy production company based in Billund, Denmark. [6] It manufactures Lego -branded toys, consisting mostly of interlocking plastic bricks.
Founding The Lego Group. 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.
The company was purchased by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment at the end of 8 November 2007, [4] but continued to operate independently. Following the release of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008), Traveller's Tales would work exclusively on Lego titles – though other TT subsidiaries such as TT Fusion continued to use other intellectual property until the early 2010s.
Jørgen Vig Knudstorp. Jørgen Vig Knudstorp (born 21 November 1968) is a Danish businessman who is the current executive chairman of The LEGO Group. He succeeded Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen as president and CEO of the company in October 2004, holding the position for over 12 years until January 2017, when he stepped down to become executive chairman.
Godtfred Kirk Christiansen (8 July 1920 – 13 July 1995) [1] was the managing director of The Lego Group from 1957 to 1973. He was the third son of company founder Ole Kirk Christiansen and took over as managing director in 1957, eventually becoming the sole owner. Godtfred is credited with playing a pivotal role in the development of the Lego ...