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Re: The End of Lego (was: Massive Layoffs At Lego (in Enfield, CT))
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lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general
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Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:10:48 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Jim Hughes wrote:
> PART II:
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> Lego is owned by two companies:
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> Kirkbi Invest AS, with 2 primary shareholders, Kjeld and his sister Gunhild.
> Kirkbi owns the intellectual property of Lego and acts as the Lego and Kirk
> Kristiansen "bank", and Interlego, which owns Lego A/S and has 4 primary
> shareholders, Kjeld and his 3 children.
Very well stated Jim!!
Today we mainly know that KKK is the principal owner of Lego. But his older
sister Gunhild also owns a big chunk of Lego, as Jim has aready stated.
Here's a 1958 picture of them (along with their late younger sister Hanne, who
tragically died in a 1969 car accident) from Dave Shifflett's excellent website:
http://www.redshift.com/~shifflett/lego/700_5/target0.html
Gunhild, pictured in the middle, is approximately 59-60 years old today.
Gary Istok
P.S. This circa 1957-58 photo was used on all Lego Basic Sets from 1958-60.
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