Agnete Kirk Thinggaard is a fourth-generation owner of the LEGO fortune who has moved from foundation governance into increasingly active ownership roles at KIRKBI, the Kirk Kristiansen family's holding company. [1][2][3]
Her wealth comes from a multigenerational LEGO inheritance
Forbes describes Thinggaard as a fourth-generation LEGO owner who shares the family's controlling economic interest in the toy company with her father and siblings. [1]
KIRKBI says the family ownership traces back to Ole Kirk Kristiansen, who founded the LEGO business in 1932, and that ownership has passed through four generations. [2]
The family's 75% ownership of the LEGO Group is held through KIRKBI, while the LEGO Foundation owns the remaining 25%. Thinggaard's wealth therefore rests on an inherited operating asset of very large scale. [1][2]
Her current role reflects active family stewardship
KIRKBI says Thinggaard joined its board in 2023 and became deputy chair in 2024. She also chairs the LEGO Foundation and Ole Kirk's Fond, giving her a formal role in family governance and ownership stewardship. [3]
Those responsibilities establish active preservation and governance of inherited family assets, but the reviewed evidence does not show that Thinggaard personally created material operating value beyond the inherited LEGO platform. [1][3]
Sources for background
Sources reviewed Sep 25, 2026.
- Agnete Kirk Thinggaard · Forbes · Mar 10, 2026
- Family Ownership · KIRKBI
- Board and Management · KIRKBI
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