Karl Albrecht Jr. and they have no children. Karl Albrecht Jr. Karl Albrecht Jr. (born 1948) 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 to a cancer diagnosis (from which he subsequently recovered). He and his sister Beate Heister control the family trust, the Siepmann Stiftung (named for their mother), which, in turn, controls Aldi Süd, the source of their joint fortune. Together with Heister, he has a net worth of US$25 billion, as of December 2018. He
Jumbo (supermarket) Food Group, Edeka and Sperwer Group. On 23 November 2011 it was announced that Jumbo would take over all C1000 stores. As a consequence Jumbo became the second largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands, after Albert Heijn. On 23 October 2014, the supermarket was unveiled as a major sponsor of the UCI World Tour professional cycling team, Team LottoNL-Jumbo. On 26 January 2016 Jumbo announced that it had acquired V&D's restaurant chain, La Place, out of bankruptcy for an undisclosed amount of money. Jumbo (supermarket) Jan and Anita Meurs opened on 18 October 1979, the first Jumbo supermarket in a