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Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen (born December 27, 1947) was the president and CEO of Lego
Lego

Lego, officially trademarked LEGO, is a line of construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark....
 between 1979 and 2004.

d was born December 27, 1947 in Billund, Denmark. His father, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen
Godtfred Kirk Christiansen

Godtfred Kirk Christiansen was the son of Ole Kirk Christiansen, the founder of the Lego Group. In 1949 Godtfred Kirk Christiansen bought the patent to the Lego brick and the family started producing plastic bricks as a supplement to the wooden toys....
 worked with his grandfather, Ole Kirk Christiansen
Ole Kirk Christiansen

Ole Kirk Christiansen was the 13th son of an impoverished farmer family in Jutland in western Denmark. He trained as a carpenter and started making wooden toys in 1932 to make a living after having lost his job during the depression....
 in the family business: Lego
Lego Group

Lego Group is a Denmark family-owned company based in Billund, Denmark and best known for the manufacture of Lego-brand toys.The company was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Christiansen....
. As a child, he often inspired and tested new model concepts and their building instructions. He also appeared on many of the company’s packages and marketing materials.






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Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen (born December 27, 1947) was the president and CEO of Lego
Lego

Lego, officially trademarked LEGO, is a line of construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark....
 between 1979 and 2004.

Biography

Kjeld was born December 27, 1947 in Billund, Denmark. His father, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen
Godtfred Kirk Christiansen

Godtfred Kirk Christiansen was the son of Ole Kirk Christiansen, the founder of the Lego Group. In 1949 Godtfred Kirk Christiansen bought the patent to the Lego brick and the family started producing plastic bricks as a supplement to the wooden toys....
 worked with his grandfather, Ole Kirk Christiansen
Ole Kirk Christiansen

Ole Kirk Christiansen was the 13th son of an impoverished farmer family in Jutland in western Denmark. He trained as a carpenter and started making wooden toys in 1932 to make a living after having lost his job during the depression....
 in the family business: Lego
Lego Group

Lego Group is a Denmark family-owned company based in Billund, Denmark and best known for the manufacture of Lego-brand toys.The company was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Christiansen....
. As a child, he often inspired and tested new model concepts and their building instructions. He also appeared on many of the company’s packages and marketing materials. In 1979, he became president and CEO of the Lego Group
Lego Group

Lego Group is a Denmark family-owned company based in Billund, Denmark and best known for the manufacture of Lego-brand toys.The company was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Christiansen....
. Kjeld introduced themes
List of Lego themes

This is a list of Lego themes. A theme is a group of similar products. This article is an attempt to create a list of all Lego themes, such as "Lego Town" and "Bionicle" and the years they were introduced and removed....
, minifigures
Minifigure

Minifigures are small, plastic figural toys produced by Denmark toy manufacturer Lego, which are customarily sold with Lego sets, as characters intended to populate module Lego environments....
, , Lego Mindstorms
Lego Mindstorms

LEGO Mindstorms is a line of Lego sets combining programmable bricks with electric motors, sensors, Lego bricks, and Lego Technic pieces .Mindstorms originated from the programmable sensor blocks used in the line of educational toys....
 and licensed properties. In 2004, he stepped down as president and CEO to focus on his role as owner of the Lego Group and Vice-Chairman of the Board, while maintaining his role as Chairman of the Board of KIRKBI A/S, LEGO Holding A/S and the LEGO Foundation. Lego
Lego

Lego, officially trademarked LEGO, is a line of construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark....
 is privately held and is controlled by the Christiansen Family and their foundations. In 2007, Forbes Magazine listed him as the richest person in Denmark with a fortune of $3.3 billion. Kjeld and his wife, Camilla, live in Denmark and have three children and two grandchildren.

Awards

He has received many awards for his outstanding professional career.
  • Knight of Denmark's Dannebrog Order
    Order of the Dannebrog

    The Order of the Dannebrog is an Order of Denmark, instituted in 1671 by Christian V of Denmark. It resulted from a move in 1660 to break the Political absolutism of the nobility....
  • 1996: The Freedom Prize from the Max Schmidheiny Foundation, Switzerland
  • 1996: Distinguished Family Business Award from the International Institute for Management and Development (IMD), Switzerland
  • Moran (Peony) insignia of the Order of Civil Merit from the Korean Government
  • Founder’s Award from Dean Kamen
    Dean Kamen

    Dean L. Kamen is an United States entrepreneur and inventor from New Hampshire. Born in Rockville Centre, New York, he attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute, but dropped out before graduating....
  • 2008: he was inducted in the Toy Hall of Fame. The Toy Hall of Fame was established in 1984 to recognize those people who have contributed most significantly to the toy industry. Past inductees include Ole Kirk Christiansen
    Ole Kirk Christiansen

    Ole Kirk Christiansen was the 13th son of an impoverished farmer family in Jutland in western Denmark. He trained as a carpenter and started making wooden toys in 1932 to make a living after having lost his job during the depression....
    , Kjeld's grandfather and Lego founder, inducted in 1989.


See also

  • List of billionaires
  • BrickWiki:Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen