Agnete Kirk Thinggaard

About Me

A fourth-generation owner of Lego, Agnete Kirk Thinggaard splits ownership of a 75% stake in the toy company with her father, sister and brother. Thinggaard also sat on the Lego Foundation's board until 2020, when she stepped down to join family holding company Kirkbi as a board observer. Her 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. Thinggaard represented Denmark in dressage at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016; she placed 26th in individual competition.