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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. In February 2014, he was ranked the 21st-richest person in the world by Hurun Report. [2] Biography. First Aldi store in Schonnebeck, Essen.
From the standpoint of interpersonal skills, Karl Albrecht classifies behavior toward others as falling somewhere on a spectrum between "toxic" effect and "nourishing" effect. Toxic behavior makes people feel devalued, angry, frustrated, guilty or otherwise inadequate. Nourishing behavior makes people feel valued, respected, affirmed, encouraged or competent. ...
Karl Hans Albrecht Jr. (born 1948) is a German billionaire, and the son of Karl Albrecht, who founded the discount supermarket chain Aldi with his brother Theo. Albrecht worked for Aldi Süd in various roles until his resignation due to a cancer diagnosis (from which he subsequently recovered). He and his sister Beate Heister control the family ...
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 short ...
Jul 21, 2014 · Karl Albrecht, co-founder of the . Aldi discount chain and reputedly Germany’s richest man, has died aged 94. Together with his late brother, Theo, he developed a low-cost shopping model that ...
Jul 21, 2014 · Karl Albrecht, the billionaire German grocer who took his mother’s humble corner store and expanded Aldi supermarkets to nearly every corner of the globe, has died at 94. He was the richest ...
Jul 21, 2014 · Karl Albrecht was No. 24 on Forbes magazine’s most recent list of billionaires, and the richest German, with a fortune estimated at $25.9 billion. In 2009, Theo Albrecht, who died in 2010, had a ...
Karl Albrecht, once the richest man in Germany with a personal net worth of $26 billion, died on July 16, 2014 at 94. "Karl Albrecht wanted no public attention and always turned down any honours ...
Heir to the Aldi retail fortune, Karl Albrecht Jr. is the son of Karl Albrecht Sr., who died in 2014 at age 94. His sister, Beate Heister, is also a billionaire. After World War II, Karl Sr. and ...
Dec 14, 2020 · Karl Albrecht was the son of a miner-turned-baker and a food store owner. His schooling was disrupted when he was drafted to fight for Hitler’s Wehrmacht during World War II. After the war, he and his brother Theo took over the small family store and renamed it Aldi, from the first two letters of Albrecht and Discount. As Germany started to reconstruct, the small store prospered by supplying goods at real bargain prices.
