| ................Billionaire
Bios
Bio Number |
0010 |
|
| Name |
Karl
Albrecht |
| Net
Worth (11 Feb 2008) |
US$27.0
billion |
| Citizenship |
Germany |
| Residence |
Germany
( Mulheim an der Ruhr) |
| Inherited
/ Self-made |
Self-made |
| Industry |
Retailing |
| Source
/ Web |
Aldi
(www.AldiFoods.com) |
| Occupation |
Entrepreneur,
owns Aldi Sud.
|
| Trivia |
Father:
(miner) ... Mother: (started supermarket)
Founded
the discount supermarket chain Aldi with his brother Theo
in 1961.
Discount
supermarket giant Aldi, now (2008) has more than 8,000 stores
and $67 billion in sales.
Today,
the business is no longer run by any of Karl Albrecht’s
family members.
Fiercely
private.
Raises
orchids and plays golf.
|
| Age
/ Date of Birth |
88yo
(born February 20, 1920) |
| Gender |
Male |
| Education |
NA |
| Parents
/ Occupations |
father
was employed as a miner and later as a baker’s assistant
mother
had a small grocery store in the worker’s quarter
of Schonnebeck |
| Marital
Status |
Married |
| Children |
2
children |
| Net
Worth (2008) / Rankings |
$27.0
billion (Germany #1; World #10) |
| Net
Worth (2007) / Rankings |
$20.0
billion (Germany #1) |
| Net
Worth (2006) / Rankings |
$17.0
billion (Germany #1) |
| Net
Worth (2005) / Rankings |
$18.5
billion (Germany #1; World #8) |
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