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Re: Will Kjeld sell?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 5 Mar 2001 21:16:38 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Suzanne Rich writes:
> 2000: from "200 Biggest Private Companies" in Forbes:
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> http://www.forbes.com/global/2000/1127/0324165a.html
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> "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."
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 company.
--Todd
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