date:Jul 22, 2014
, he built a supermarket chain that ranked as the worlds 12th-biggest retailer in 2012, according to research company Planet Retail.
The Albrecht brothers split the chain into separate companies - Aldi Sd and Aldi Nord - in the 1960s following a feud over whether to sell cigarettes in the stores. Karl, who didnt give interviews to the press and withdrew entirely from public life early in this career, took over management of Aldi Sd, which has outlets in southern and southwest Germany as well as