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Karl Albrecht

1920 - 2014

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Karl Hans Albrecht (German: [ˈalbʁɛçt]; 20 February 1920 – 16 July 2014) was a German entrepreneur who founded the discount supermarket chain Aldi with his brother Theo. He was the richest person in Germany for many years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Albrecht has received more than 989,140 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Karl Albrecht is the 161st most popular businessperson (up from 165th in 2019), the 1,529th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,518th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 990k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Karl Albrecht ranks 161 out of 847. Before him are John Langenus, Melitta Bentz, Henry Ford II, Lorenzo Sanz, Fredrik Idestam, and Malcolm Glazer. After him are Johnny Kitagawa, Tomáš Baťa, Fusajiro Yamauchi, Paul Elvstrøm, Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, and Shin Kyuk-ho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Karl Albrecht ranks 90. Before him are Mario Benedetti, Hans Blumenberg, Henri Verneuil, José López Portillo y Pacheco, Jaan Kross, and Franklin J. Schaffner. After him are John Harsanyi, Ben Ferencz, Ricardo Montalbán, Heinz Hitler, Kim Yong-ju, and Peggy Lee. Among people deceased in 2014, Karl Albrecht ranks 79. Before him are Assi Dayan, Richard Møller Nielsen, Menahem Golan, Siegfried Lenz, Sabah, and Malcolm Glazer. After him are Larry Scott, Ralph H. Baer, Joan Rivers, Gottfried John, B. K. S. Iyengar, and Run Run Shaw.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Albrecht ranks 1,529 out of 7,253. Before him are Wolfgang Wagner (1919), Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (1948), Paul Rée (1849), Ruth Fuchs (1946), Reinhart Koselleck (1923), and Joachim von Sandrart (1606). After him are Jenny-Wanda Barkmann (1922), Karl August von Hardenberg (1750), Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (1888), Golo Mann (1909), Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (1887), and Carl Heinrich Graun (1704).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, Karl Albrecht ranks 18. Before him are Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777), Uli Hoeneß (1952), James Mayer de Rothschild (1792), Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682), Amschel Mayer Rothschild (1773), and Melitta Bentz (1873). After him are Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (1774), Axel Springer (1912), Maurice de Hirsch (1831), Carl Laemmle (1867), Dieter Schwarz (1939), and Friedrich Krupp (1787).

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