Berthold Albrecht

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Berthold Albrecht (born August 14, 1954 in Essen ; † November 21, 2012 in Chur ) was a German manager and co-owner of the companies Aldi Nord and Trader Joe’s .

Life

Berthold Albrecht was one of two sons of Aldi- Nord founder Theo Albrecht . He was the chairman of the non-dissolvable Markus Foundation , which is responsible for the total assets of Aldi-Nord. There he was mainly responsible for the US food retail chain Trader Joe’s , which has been part of the Aldi-Nord group since 1979 . He also owned Weba-Holding GmbH. According to the obituary of Der Spiegel magazine , he hardly played a role in the company. It was mainly intended his hobby vintage - rallies be investigated.

Berthold Albrecht was one of the richest Germans . In the Forbes list for 2012, he was in second place with his brother Theo Albrecht junior , who owns Hutha Holding GmbH, with an estimated total assets of around US $ 17.8 billion, behind their uncle Karl Albrecht .

With his wife Babette , geb. Schönbohm, Albrecht had five children, including quadruplets born in 1990 . He died of complications from cancer. Since the death of her husband, Babette Albrecht and the five children have received an annual payment of 25 million euros from the Jakobus Foundation.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Martin Childs: Berthold Albrecht: Aldi heir who helped build the company's position of global dominance . In: The Independent , December 19, 2012, accessed April 21, 2013.
  2. ↑ a b Wirtschaftswoche ( Memento from September 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Berthold Albrecht . In: Der Spiegel , No. 50/2012, December 10, 2012, p. 170.
  4. ↑ Aldi heir Berthold Albrecht was "very popular everywhere" . In: focus .de , December 7, 2012, accessed on April 21, 2013.
  5. ^ Dax gossip: This is how the new woman Aldi ticks , bild.de, July 13, 2014
  6. ↑ Babette Albrecht: Burglars make million-dollar loot at Aldi-Witwe , Manager Magazin from August 17, 2019
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SURNAME Albrecht, Berthold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manager
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1954
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DATE OF DEATH November 21, 2012
Place of death eat