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Jesper Højer
Jesper Højer (born 5 September 1978) is a Danish businessman. He was the CEO of the Lidl Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (; ) is a German international discount retailer chain that operates over 11,000 stores across Europe and the United States. Headquartered in Neckarsulm, Baden-Württemberg, the company belongs to the Schwarz Group, whi ... supermarket discount chain, from 2017 to 2019. His main reason for departure of the role, is to spend more time with his family. He succeeded Sven Seidel. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Højer had been head of the business in Belgium and then head of its international buying operation, and had worked for Lidl for over ten years. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoyer, Jesper 1978 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lidl
Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (; ) is a German international discount retailer chain that operates over 11,000 stores across Europe and the United States. Headquartered in Neckarsulm, Baden-Württemberg, the company belongs to the Schwarz Group, which also operates the hypermarket chain Kaufland. Lidl is the chief competitor of the similar German discount chain Aldi in several markets. There are Lidl stores in every member state of the European Union as well as in Serbia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. In October 2021, Lidl also announced that it intended to open its first store in Ukraine, but there has been no progress due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. History In 1932, Josef Schwarz became a partner in Südfrüchte Großhandlung Lidl & Co., a fruit wholesaler, and he developed the company into a general food wholesaler. In 1977, under his son Dieter Schwarz, the Schwarz-Gruppe began to focus on discount markets, larger supermarkets, and cash a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven Seidel
Sven Seidel (born 1973/74) is a businessman, CEO of the Lidl supermarket chain, from March 2014 to February 2017, when he was succeeded by Jesper Højer Jesper Højer (born 5 September 1978) is a Danish businessman. He was the CEO of the Lidl Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (; ) is a German international discount retailer chain that operates over 11,000 stores across Europe and the United States. H .... Prior to his appointment as CEO, Seidel had been head of corporate development for over three years. He was previously a partner at Porsche Consulting. References 1970s births Living people German chief executives {{Business-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Births
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