6. Karl Albrecht – $25 billion
When he died in July this year (2014), Karl was the richest person in Germany.
But long before his death, he and his brother Theo expanded their mother’s small corner store in Western Germany into a chain of Aldi supermarkets.
However, by 1961, Karl and Theo split the business, Karl took the storefronts in southern Germany under the name Aldi Sud, as well as the rights to America, Australia and Britain; Theo got the stores in mainland Europe.
Although he died this year, his fortune still exists, and because of that he is one of the richest people in Europe.
