Lego Heir Sells $930 Million of Shares in Toymaker’s Family Firm
- Sofie Kirk Kristiansen sells stake to focus on nature projects
- Danish billionaire family controls Lego through Kirkbi
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One of the billionaire heirs to the Lego family fortune has sold shares in the company that controls the Danish toymaker for about 6.32 billion kroner ($930 million).
Sofie Kirk Kristiansen, 47, the great-granddaughter of Lego A/S’s founder, sold 4 million shares in Kirkbi A/S for about 158,000 kroner a piece, according to a filing with the Danish company register.