Longtime Lego CEO to be 取って代わるd next year
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ― The man who for 12 years has led Lego, the Danish company famous for its popular colored toy 封鎖するs, will be 取って代わるd by the 現在の 長，指導者 operating officer, the group said Tuesday.
Lego said that 60-year-old Bali Padda will take over Jan. 1 from Joergen Vig Knudstorp, who will 長，率いる up a new （独立の）存在 within the group.
Padda, the 現在の 長，指導者 操作／手術s officer, joined Lego in 2002 in Enfield, Connecticut. Born in India, Padda is a British 国民.
Danish toys group LEGO's new CEO Bali Padda, Tuesday Dec. 6. 2016 speaks at an 圧力（をかける） 会談する nce in Copenhagen, Denmark. Lego said Tuesday Dec. 6, 2016 that 長，指導者 操作／手術s officer Bali Padda will take over Jan. 1 from Jorgen Vig Knudstorp, who will 長，率いる up a new （独立の）存在 within the group. Padda, joined Lego in 2002 in Enfield, Connecticut. (Stine Bidstrup/Polfoto 経由で AP)
It was not すぐに （疑いを）晴らす why Vig Knudstorp, who in 2004 became the first 非，不，無-family member to 長，率いる the group, will be 取って代わるd. Under him, the toymaker's 年次の income has gone from a loss to a 著名な 利益（をあげる）.
In a 声明 問題／発行するd by the 個人として-held group, Vig Knudstorp said he was "very pleased to を引き渡す the 管理／経営" to Padda, 追加するing he was "確信して that we will continue to build on that の近くに 共同."
In March, the group said its 2015 歳入 rose 25 パーセント to 35.8 billion kroner, and said some 100 million children played with Lego 製品s or used Lego 構成要素s in schools.
The company, based in western Denmark, has more than 18,000 従業員s around the world and 階級s の中で the world's biggest toymakers.
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This story has been 訂正するd to 直す／買収する，八百長をする the （一定の）期間ing of Joergen Vig Knudstorp.
FILE - In this March 1, 2016 とじ込み／提出する photo Danish toys group LEGO's CEO Joergen Vig Knudstorp speaks in the company's （警察，軍隊などの）本部 in Billund, Denmark. Lego said Tuesday Dec. 6, 2016 that 長，指導者 操作／手術s officer Bali Padda will take over Jan. 1 from Jorgen Vig Knudstorp, who will 長，率いる up a new （独立の）存在 within the group. Padda, joined Lego in 2002 in Enfield, Connecticut. (Tobias Nikolai/Polfoto 経由で AP, とじ込み／提出する)
FILE - In this March 1, 2016 とじ込み／提出する photo of Danish toys group LEGO's CEO Joergen Vig Knudstorp as he speaks in the company's （警察，軍隊などの）本部 in Billund, Denmark. Lego said Tuesday Dec. 6, 2016 that 長，指導者 操作／手術s officer Bali Padda will take over Jan. 1 from Jorgen Vig Knudstorp, who will 長，率いる up a new （独立の）存在 within the group. Padda, joined Lego in 2002 in Enfield, Connecticut. (Tobias Nikolai/Polfoto 経由で AP, とじ込み／提出する)
Danish toys group LEGO's out going CEO Joergen Vig Knudstorp, Tuesday Dec. 6. 2016 speaks at an 圧力（をかける） 会議／協議会 in Copenhagen, Denmark.. Lego said Tuesday Dec. 6, 2016 that 長，指導者 操作／手術s officer Bali Padda will take over Jan. 1 from Jorgen Vig Knudstorp, who will 長，率いる up a new （独立の）存在 within the group. Padda, joined Lego in 2002 in Enfield, Connecticut. (Stine Bidstrup/Polfoto 経由で AP)
