Bali Padda is a British-Indian businessman who was briefly the CEO of

The Lego Group Lego A/S, also known as the Lego Group, is a Danish construction toy production company based in Billund. It manufactures Lego-branded toys, consisting mostly of interlocking ABS plastic and rubber bricks. The Lego Group has also built severa ...

. Prior to this role, he was Lego's chief operations officer. He inherited the role of CEO from

Jørgen Vig Knudstorp Jørgen Vig Knudstorp (born 21 November 1968) is a Danish businessman who is the current executive chairman of The Lego Group. He succeeded Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen as president and CEO of the company in October 2004, holding the position for over ...

, who stepped down to lead the LEGO Brand Group in January 2017. He was the first non-Danish top-level executive to run the 84-year-old company.

Early life

Born in Punjab, Padda's parents migrated to the UK from Mumbai in search of a better life when he was 12. He dropped out of school and took up odd jobs at the age of 16. He joined the LEGO Group in 2002 as Head of Market Oriented Packing based in Enfield, USA. Bali Padda came from a Customer Service & Supplier Relations background with GlaxoWellcome and Timberland before joining the LEGO Group. Eight months after becoming CEO of LEGO, it was announced in August 2017, that Padda would be replaced by Niels Christiansen, effective from October 2017. The replacement was due to Padda's age.Lego set to replace Bali Padda as CEO after just nine months
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Living people British manufacturing chief executives Indian chief executives Lego people 1956 births Indian emigrants to the United Kingdom British people of Punjabi descent {{Authority control