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Theo Albrecht

1922 - 2010

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Theodor Paul Albrecht (German: [ˈalbʁɛçt]; 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 world, with a net worth of $16.7 billion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theo Albrecht is the 374th most popular businessperson (down from 273rd in 2019), the 3,332nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,506th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular German Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Theo Albrecht ranks 374 out of 847Before him are Ma Huateng, Toto Wolff, Arthur Guinness, Viktor Vekselberg, Erin Brockovich, and Jorge Mendes. After him are Charles Pathé, Gennady Timchenko, Johanna Quandt, Arnold Rothstein, Dieter Zetsche, and Akio Toyoda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Theo Albrecht ranks 205Before him are Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, Fritz Hollings, William Baumol, Burt Kennedy, John Edward Williams, and Francis Pym. After him are Vsevolod Bobrov, Steven Hill, Luiz Bonfá, René Lévesque, Roland Dumas, and Käbi Laretei. Among people deceased in 2010, Theo Albrecht ranks 171Before him are Vasco de Almeida e Costa, Iryna Melnykova, Zilda Arns, Nicola Cabibbo, Anna Walentynowicz, and Pernell Roberts. After him are Bobbejaan Schoepen, Farooq Leghari, Tom Bosley, Armand Razafindratandra, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, and Brian G. Marsden.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Theo Albrecht ranks 3,334 out of 7,253Before him are Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria (1784), Dominic Monaghan (1976), ATB (1973), Alfred Andersch (1914), Bernhard Cullmann (1949), and Franka Potente (1974). After him are Louis Paulsen (1833), Lothar Wolleh (1930), Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1800), Hermann Lang (1909), Walter Andreas Schwarz (1913), and Oskar Fischinger (1900).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, Theo Albrecht ranks 42Before him are Friedrich Bayer (1825), Karl Wittgenstein (1847), Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1884), Siegfried Bing (1838), Bertha Krupp (1886), and Karl Rapp (1882). After him are Johanna Quandt (1926), Henry E. Steinway (1797), Ida Straus (1849), Emil Rathenau (1838), Susanne Klatten (1962), and Albert Ballin (1857).