Rank #437
Thomas Kirk Kristiansen
Net worth $8.2B
Lego · Denmark
- Born
- Jan 01, 1979
- Age
- 47
- Source
- Lego
- Residence
- Billund
- Citizenship
- Denmark
- Marital status
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- A fourth-generation owner of Lego, Thomas Kirk Kristiansen succeeded his father Kjeld as deputy chairman of the company's board in 2016.
- He, his two sisters and father together split ownership of a 75% stake in the $8 billion (sales) business.
- He is also chairman of the Lego Foundation and will succeed his father as chairman of Kirkbi, the family's holding company, in the spring of 2023.
- His great-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.