The widow of the co-founder of Aldi, Theo Albrecht, is dead

The widow of the co-founder of Aldi, Theo Albrecht, is dead

EAT. Cäcilie Albrecht, the widow of Aldi co-founder, Theo Albrecht, died and was buried in a nearby family, said Monday a spokesman for Aldi Nord.

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At his death and at what age, the company did not release on demand. Previously, the "Tagesspiegel" reported.

Cäcilie Albrecht lived completely retired. Nevertheless, she had a great influence on Aldi-Nord: with one of her two sons, Theo Albrecht Junior, she was in control until recently of the Markus Foundation and the Lukas Foundation, two of the three foundations in possession of the discounter. Large investments and important decisions can not be approved unanimously by foundations.

Cäcilie's husband, Theo Albrecht and his brother Karl took over the parents' grocery store in Essen in 1946 and made it one of the most successful discounter groups in the world. Theo is already dead in 2010, his brother Karl 2014.

The Albrecht family is considered extremely secretive. Among the Aldi brothers, Karl and Theo Albrecht, there was only a fuzzy random picture. Filming does not exist – except for a short sequence just after the kidnapping.

In the newspapers, the family usually only appeared when the annual lists of the richest Germans were published. For many years, billionaires Karl and Theo Albrecht were at the top. Theo Albrecht died in July 2010 at the age of 88, his older brother Karl four years later.

The Austrian discounter Hofer is one of the Aldi-Süd. The division into Aldi North and Aldi-Süd between the Albrecht brothers has already taken place in 1961. The southern Aldi branches have taken over Karl Albrecht, north of Theo. Hofer was taken over in 1968.

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