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Dec 18, 2020 · Karl Hans Albrecht was born on February 20, 1920. Younger brother Theodor Paul Albrecht followed on March 28, 1922, and the two brothers from Essen, Germany would go from incredibly humble beginnings to the head of Aldi, a multi-billion-dollar empire.
Mar 9, 2024 · Their sons, Karl and Theo, took over the business when they returned from serving during World War II. Theo had been taken as a prisoner of war by Allied troops, while Karl was wounded and...
May 18, 2019 · Brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht officially founded the German grocery chain Aldi in 1946 in the aftermath of World War II. They reportedly inherited their first store from their mother, who...
Jul 21, 2014 · Karl Albrecht, who with his brother Theo returned from Allied prisoner-of-war camps after World War II to find their mother’s corner shop still standing in bombed-out Essen, Germany, then...
Jul 22, 2014 · Karl Albrecht, a reclusive German billionaire who with his younger brother Theo turned his mother’s corner store into a worldwide grocery empire, has died. He was 94. Albrecht’s July 16 death...
Jul 21, 2014 · Rupert Neate. Mon 21 Jul 2014 09.57 EDT. Karl Albrecht, the co-founder of discount supermarket chain Aldi and Germany's richest man, has died at 94. Karl and his brother Theo started Aldi –...
Jul 28, 2014 · Mon 28 Jul 2014 07.30 EDT. Karl Albrecht, who has died aged 94, was the co-founder with his younger brother Theo of Aldi, one of the world's most successful discount supermarket chains.
