The Poor Single Dad Who Invented Lego

LEGO is the biggest toymaker in the world. It makes billions of bricks each year and is worth over $40 billion. And it all started with a carpenter who was left to care for his four sons after his wife passed away.

To make ends meet, he used his workshop to make wooden toys — until it burnt down for the third time.

This is the story of LEGO.

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[Ole and Godtfred Kirk Christianse]

[LEGO]

[Mtlbro]

Dude. I seriously feel so bad for that guy. Dude. All those fires. A heart attack in his sixties? I just feel so bad for him!

[larsjoehnk]

Wow, their journey was exactly like the concept of LEGO. They built something only for it to be brought down. Then they rebuilt it to make it better. Fate struck them again and yet just like LEGO, they kept rebuilding their product into something even better. Fascinating!

[sbeltred]

R.I.P. Ole

You've sacrificed enough and built everyone's childhood

[pepper]

You know, LEGO Bricks actually has 2 purposes.
-Being a fun toy.

-Being a landmine.

[marksurf]

They built their way out of their problems

[jakeptdad]

He made LEGO to save his family...

but it's also a family's worst nightmare when they walk across rugs.

[gracebrowne]

It’s sad he never got to live long enough to see how successful and amazing it is❤️

[UMG_YT]

LEGO: "Bringing together their ideas of suburban architecture."

Also LEGO: "A man has fallen into the river in LEGO City, start the new rescue helicopter..

HEY!"

[dBijlimoria]

Its frustrating watching someone work so hard, not give up hope when times are extremely rough and then not being able to see what his efforts achieved

[yuvalnaingue]

LEGO has my respect, i built outstanding abominations when i was a kid and my parents were proud

[josephstalin]

random fact:His grandson is now the third richest person in Denmark today

[brahmburgers]

I was a little kid in the 1950's and was probably one of the very first kids to play with Legos. My American family was in Paris, and my dad would go often to Denmark. The 'bricks' we had didn't even have cylinders inside - they were hollow/open underneath. There was one or more green or red flat pieces and about 50 bricks - full size (8 protrusions) and half size with 4 ....that was it.

[spectrumboy]

i will forever love lego, as it is where i can unleash my creativity, and autism go wild with builds!! LEGO IS BEST

[hao_cuii]

LEGO: builds a new wooden workshop
Fire: hippity hoppity your land is now my property

[gauthammysore]

I am going to tell this story to my son who plays with LEGO every day

[mme_enthusst]

Salesmen: sorry i cant buy your toys.

Ole: fine ill sell them myself.

BECOMES SUCCSESSFUL

[Official_Anonymous]

Also LEGO went into another financial crisis in the modern age, however the themes Bionicle and Star Wars have been credited for getting them out of it.

[mervieschrealdoenteminerev]

Every failure is a stepping stone to something better
-Harland Sanders

[gaber]

The only mistake Lego made was setting the age limit

[simplylemonade]

“Everyone laughed at him for making toys. so he got his glock.”