Aldi may appear as if they were a single enterprise with certain store brands or when negotiating with contractor companies. The individual groups were originally owned and managed jointly by the brothers. Karl Albrecht, who died in 2014, retained ownership of Aldi Süd with a personal wealth of €17.2 billion that made him the richest man in Germany. The co-owners of Aldi Nord, Berthold and Theo Albrecht Jr. came close behind at €16 billion. Dieter Schwarz, owner of Lidl and Kaufland came in third, with a fortune of €11.5 billion. Aldi started to expand internationally in 1967, when Aldi Süd acquired
Friedrich Albrecht Karl Herrmann, Reichsgraf von Wylich und Lottum Friedrich Albrecht Karl Herrmann, Reichsgraf von Wylich und Lottum Reichsgraf Friedrich Albrecht Karl Herrmann von Wylich und Lottum (20 April 1720 – 3 March 1797) was a Prussian officer. Friedrich von Wylich was born in Anklam, Western Pomerania, as the second son of Major General Johann Christoph von Wylich und Lottum, whose father was the Field Marshal Philipp Karl von Wylich und Lottum. Von Wylich began his military career in 1737; he was involved in all wars and battles under Frederick the Great and rose to the rank of General of Cavalry in 1794 before retiring in 1795. He received