Karl Albrecht Jr. 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 is married to Gabriele Mertes,
Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria-Teschen ("Karl Albrecht Nikolaus Leo Gratianus von Österreich", later "Karl Albrecht Habsburg-Lothringen", since 1919 – "Karol Olbracht Habsburg-Lotaryński"; (Pula, 18 December 1888 – Östervik, near Stockholm, 17 March 1951). He was an Austrian archduke, the oldest son of Archduke Charles Stephen and Archduchess Maria Theresia, Princess of Tuscany. He was a landowner in Żywiec, a colonel of artillery in both the Imperial Austro-Hungarian Army (cavalry) and the Polish Army, and the 1,175th knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1910, etc. In 1918 and again in 1939 he became