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Will Kjeld sell? was[Re: LEGO Company announces poor performance in year 2000]
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Mon, 5 Mar 2001 09:23:11 GMT
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Anyone here have current news on this:
2000: from "200 Biggest Private Companies" in Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/global/2000/1127/0324165a.html
"Not all the companies on our list will be there next year. [...] Death and
taxes are often a private company's worst enemies. Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen,
master of the Lego toy group, has warned the Danish government that he may have
to sell the business if death duties aren't softened."
-Suz
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| (...) Wow. I wonder who, if anyone, TLC is potentially courting? Disney? Hasbro? Mattel? Microsoft? All of the above? This is the first actual evidence I've heard that puts some truth into the rumors that LEGO might be gearing up to sell the (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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