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Karl Hans Albrecht (German: [ˈalbʁɛçt]; 20 February 1920 – 16 July 2014) was a German entrepreneur who founded the discount supermarket chain Aldi with his brother Theo. He was the richest person in Germany for many years.
Theodor Paul Albrecht (German: [ˈalbʁɛçt]; 28 March 1922 – 24 July 2010) was a German entrepreneur. He established the discount supermarket chain Aldi with his brother Karl Albrecht. In 2010, Theo was ranked by Forbes as the 31st richest person in the world, with a net worth of $16.7 billion.
Sep 10, 2019 · Theo and Karl Albrecht took their mother's thrifty corner store, still standing in Essen, Germany, after World War II, and turned it into a low-cost supermarket chain that...
Jul 29, 2010 · After being released from Allied prisoner-of-war camps following World War II, Theo and Karl Albrecht took over their parents’ small grocery in the bombed-out city of Essen and, out of...
Karl Albrecht was the billionaire entrepreneur who with his brother, Theo Albrecht (Independent obituary, 14 August 2010), created the successful international discount supermarket chain, Aldi.
Jul 23, 2014 · Karl (right) and Theo Albrecht were brought up in humble surroundings in the then industrial Ruhr city of Essen. Their father was a miner whose ability to earn a living underground was cut...
A former Afrika Korps soldier, Theo Albrecht was the German entrepreneur behind the discount store Aldi. Survivor of a bizarre kidnapping, and a noted recluse, with his his brother Karl he...
