The Founder of Aldi Got Kidnapped - The Theo Albrecht Story
08 November 2025

The Founder of Aldi Got Kidnapped - The Theo Albrecht Story

Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast

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In November 1971, Theo Albrecht, the reclusive German billionaire co-founder of Aldi supermarkets, was kidnapped at gunpoint outside his company’s headquarters in Essen, Germany, by Heinz-Joachim Ollenburg and Paul Krüzen, a pair of small-time criminals seeking a massive ransom. The kidnappers held him for 17 days.