Rank #437
Sofie Kirk Kristiansen
Net worth $8.2B
Lego · Denmark
- Born
- Jan 01, 1976
- Age
- 50
- Source
- Lego
- Residence
- Billund
- Citizenship
- Denmark
- Marital status
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- A fourth-generation owner of Lego, Sofie Kirk Kristiansen, her father, sister and brother together split ownership of a 75% stake in the company.
- Kristiansen is not involved in the business; her brother, Thomas, serves as Lego's deputy chairman.
- Her great-grandfather Ole, a carpenter, started making wooden toys in his workshop in 1932 before moving into plastic in the 1940s.
- The family has a 47.5% stake in theme park operator Merlin Entertainments, which it took private with a consortium.