Agnete Kirk Thinggaard

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 is also a member of the board of the Lego Foundation. Her great-grandfather Ole, a carpenter, started making wooden toys in his workshop in 1932 before moving into plastic in the 1940s.Through the family holding company she also has stakes in Merlin Entertainment, owner of Madame Tussauds, and real estate and wind farm investments.Thinggaard represented Denmark in dressage at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016; she placed 26th in individual competition.