Agnete Kirk Thinggaard
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| Birth name | Agnete Kirk Kristiansen | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 May 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Aarhus University | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Claus Thinggaard
(m. 2008; div. 2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Parent | Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen | ||||||||||||||
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Agnete Kirk Thinggaard (née: Kristiansen; born 18 May 1983) is a Danish Olympic dressage rider.[1] Representing Denmark, she competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where she finished 26th in the individual and 6th in the team competition.
Kirk Thinggaard also competed at two editions of Dressage World Cup finals (in 2015 and 2016), achieving 11th and 9th place, respectively.
She is the youngest daughter of former Lego CEO Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen,[2] the granddaughter of Godtfred Kirk Christiansen and great-granddaughter of the company founder Ole Kirk Christiansen. Together with her father, sister Sofie and brother Thomas, they split ownership of a 75% stake in the company.[3] According to Forbes, her net worth was estimated at $6.2 billion, as of January 2025[update].[3]
She married Claus Thinggaard in 2008 with whom she has three daughters.[4] The couple divorced in 2022.[5]
She has a bachelor's degree in psychology from Aarhus University.[4][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Agnete Kirk Thinggaard". fei.org. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ Agnete Kirk Thinggaard, V.I.P.EDIA – seoghoer.dk
- ^ a b "Agnete Kirk Thinggaard". Forbes. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ a b Barefoot, Christian Krabbe (28 April 2013). "Her er de unge Lego-milliardærer" [Here are the young Lego billionaires]. B.T. (in Danish).
- ^ Ness Aksnes, Elise Violeta (13 July 2024). "Arvingen er skilt - eksmannen får milliongods" [The heiress is divorced - her ex-husband gets a million-dollar estate]. Dagbladet (in Norwegian).
- ^ "LEGO arvingerne" [LEGO The Heirs]. Berlingske (in Danish). 8 October 2008. Archived from the original on 24 July 2016.
External links
[edit]- Agnete Kirk Thinggaard at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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