Comment on Aldi announces wage increases up to $23 an hour; hiring thousands of employees
aard@kyu.de 5 days agoYou’re joking, but quite possibly he’d not even want to buy the one.
The owner family is very reclusive after a kidnapping in the 70s - but we know at least that the founders were living relatively frugal.
Ownership of Aldi is by a handful of “stiftungen” - and one of the more recent judicial squabbles in the family were of one side accusing the other trying to pull more money out of Aldi than necessary to live a non frugal livestyle.
Don’t get me wrong - they’re billonaires, though probably quite limited liquid assets. But based on their behaviour they have a good chance to survive the revolution.
HATEFISH@midwest.social 5 days ago
Do the Albrechts still own the company? The current ceo is unrelated from what I can tell.
aard@kyu.de 5 days ago
I think only one is currently still working in the company - but they do own it via a bunch of “Stiftungen”. IIRC that construct was selected back then to make sure that spoiled brats can’t fuck it up eventually.