6. Beate Heister and Karl Albrecht Jr. – Net Worth: $21.3 billion
The combined wealth of Beate Heister and Karl Albrecht Jr. is $21.3 billion, a huge amount of money that they have because of their stake in Aldi supermarkets. These siblings inherited their wealth from their father Karl Albrecht Sr. following his death at a ripe old age of 94 years in July 2014. Albrecht Sr. and Theo Albrecht, his brother, turned their family grocery store into the huge supermarket chain we know today as Aldi, which is doing so well because of their winning strategy of low prices and no frills. Their inheritance makes Beate Heister and Karl Albrecht Jr. the second richest people in Germany and the 37th richest in the world.
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