Beate Heister (born 5 October 1951) is a German billionaire heiress. She is one of the two children of

Karl Albrecht 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 for many years the richest person in Germany. In February 2014, he was ranked the ...

, who founded the discount supermarket chain

Aldi Aldi (stylised as ALDI) is the common company brand name of two German multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 10,000 stores in 20 countries. The chain was founded by brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946, when t ...

with his brother Theo. Together with her brother

Karl Albrecht Jr. Karl Hans Albrecht Jr. (born 1948 in Essen) is a German billionaire, and the son of Karl Albrecht, who founded the discount supermarket chain Aldi with his brother Theo. Albrecht worked for Aldi Süd in various roles until his resignation due t ...

, she has a net worth of US$41.3 billion, as of 2020. She is married to Peter Heister, and they have six children. She, her husband Peter, and their son Peter Max Heister, all sit on Aldi's advisory board. She is "notoriously reclusive".

References

1951 births German billionaires Living people Aldi people {{Germany-business-bio-stub