Lego’s family fortune up as sales soar


Higher income: A woman walks past a window display of Lego at a department store in Lima, Peru. Net income at Lego A/S rose 31 to 9.2 billion kroner (US1.34bil) in 2015 from 7 billion kroner a year earlier. — Reuters

LONDON: The family fortune behind Lego increased US$3.9bil on Tuesday after the world’s second-biggest toy company by sales reported a 25% revenue jump in 2015.

The gains bring the net worth of Kirk Kjeld Kristiansen and his three children – Agnete, Sofie and Thomas – to US$20.5bil, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

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