Berthold Albrecht (14 August 1954 in

Essen Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and D ...

– 21 November 2012 in

Chur , neighboring_municipalities= Arosa, Churwalden, Tschiertschen-Praden, Domat/Ems, Felsberg, Malix, Trimmis, Untervaz, Pfäfers , twintowns = Bad Homburg (Germany), Cabourg (France), Mayrhofen (Austria), Mondorf-les-Bains (Luxembourg), ...

) was a German businessman and one of Germany's wealthiest men, as co-owner (with his brother Theo Albrecht Jr.) of the

Aldi Nord 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 ...

chain of discount

supermarket A supermarket is a self-service Retail#Types of outlets, shop offering a wide variety of food, Drink, beverages and Household goods, household products, organized into sections. This kind of store is larger and has a wider selection than earli ...

s. They inherited the company from their father,

Theo Albrecht Theodor Paul Albrecht (; 28 March 1922 – 24 July 2010) was a German entrepreneur. He established the discount supermarket chain Aldi with his brother Karl Albrecht. In 2010, Theo was ranked by ''Forbes'' as the 31st richest person in the worl ...

, upon his death in July 2010. Together, the two brothers had an estimated net worth of .

Biography

Their uncle (and Theo Albrecht's brother),

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 ...

, owned

Aldi Süd 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 ...

and was Germany's wealthiest person up until his death in 2014. Berthold and his wife, Babette Albrecht, had three daughters and one son. The latter, Nicolay Albrecht, accused his mother and three sisters of embezzling money from the family trust in September 2020.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Albrecht, Berthold 1954 births 2012 deaths German billionaires Businesspeople from Bremen (state) German businesspeople in retailing 20th-century German businesspeople 21st-century German businesspeople Businesspeople from Essen Deaths from cancer in Germany Aldi people