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 the order Pour le Mérite for his bravery in the Battle of Zorndorf in 1758 during the Seven Years' War. He was married to Sophie Beate von Schlichting (8 August 1736 – 28 October 1801) and the couple had seven children. At the age of 76 years, von Wylich died in Berlin. 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