Karl Albrecht  
Age 94  (2014 when he died)
Net Worth $29 Billion  
Born Germany        Citizen Germany
Self-made in Grocery 

In 2014, Karl Albrecht was the richest German
Self-made Billionaire


He cofounded ALDI with his brother Theo Albrecht
 

 



 

This is link to my video of Karl Albrecht on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBbE073omr8 

He was born in Essen, Germany in 1920
 






This is the first Karl Albrecht store in Essen Germany
 





 From 1 store, now with 10,000 stores worldwide
 

 ALDI also owned Trader Joe











This is map of the ALDI Grocery Empire.  It now has about 10,000 stores worldwide and is particularly dominant in England and Australia

 Karl Albrecht is one of the most secretive billionaire in the world.
Despite being the Richest German Self-made Billionaire, pictures of him are hard to obtain.

Nobody could blame him or his brother Theo Albrecht (also one of richest German)

In 1971,  Theo Albrecht was kidnapped and later released after paying $2 million US ransom (7 million mark)

This is a picture of Theo Albrecht after he was released from kidnapper