The LEGO group is a family run business that originally started in the carpentry trade.
A series of events led to making of wooden toys and subsequently the plastic brick as we know it today.
Watch this video of the story of LEGO.
The video is a little long at 17 mins but it’s interesting to know how LEGO came about.
In today’s world of large corporations, it’s hard to imagine a company as large as LEGO is still privately run and doing well.