Karl Hans Albrecht (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
Karl and Theo Albrecht were born and raised in a Catholic[3] family in modest circumstances in Essen, Germany. Their father, Karl Sr., worked as a miner and later as a baker's assistant,[4] while their mother Anna (née Siepmann) ran a small grocery store in the workers' quarter of, a suburb of Essen. Theo completed an apprenticeship in his mother's store, while Karl worked in a delicatessen shop. Karl served in the Wehrmacht during World War II and was wounded on the