Beate Heister (born 5 October 1951) is a German billionaire heiress. She is one of the two children of
Karl Albrecht, who founded the discount supermarket chain
Aldi
Aldi (stylised as ALDI) is the common company brand name of two German multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 10,000 stores in 20 countries. The chain was founded by brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946, whe ...
with his brother Theo.
Together with her brother
Karl Albrecht Jr., she has a net worth of US$41.3 billion, as of 2020.
She is married to Peter Heister, and they have six children.
She, her husband Peter, and their son Peter Max Heister, all sit on Aldi's advisory board.
She is "notoriously reclusive".
References
1951 births
German billionaires
Living people
Aldi people
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