Anton Schlecker
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Anton Schlecker is a German businessman, founder and owner of the Schlecker
drug store
chain in Germany.
He is married to Christa Schlecker and has two children, Lars Schlecker and Meike Schlecker, both active in the management of the Schlecker company.
At 21 he acquired the degree "Meister
" butcher
and took over the parental butcher's shop. In 1975 he built his first drug store in Kirchheim unter Teck
. Two years later there were already more than 100 stores. , there exist more than 13,000 stores across Europe, employing about 50,000 people and turning over about 6.55 billion euros.
. After he paid 9.6 million marks of ransom
they were released. 11 years later, Wilhelm Hudelmaier and Herbert Jacoby were arrested and convicted for the kidnapping.
for deceiving Schlecker employees into believing they were paid according to going pay rates. Actually salaries were lower, something the court deemed fraud.
Schlecker
Schlecker is a German company.Schlecker is a German company with seat in Ehingen. In 1975, Schlecker was founded by Anton Schlecker. Around 52,000 people worked for Schlecker. Schlecker have stores across Europe including Germany, Austria, The Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Hungary, Poland, France,...
drug store
Pharmacy
Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...
chain in Germany.
He is married to Christa Schlecker and has two children, Lars Schlecker and Meike Schlecker, both active in the management of the Schlecker company.
At 21 he acquired the degree "Meister
Master craftsman
A master craftsman or master tradesman was a member of a guild. In the European guild system, only masters were allowed to be members of the guild....
" butcher
Butcher
A butcher is a person who may slaughter animals, dress their flesh, sell their meat or any combination of these three tasks. They may prepare standard cuts of meat, poultry, fish and shellfish for sale in retail or wholesale food establishments...
and took over the parental butcher's shop. In 1975 he built his first drug store in Kirchheim unter Teck
Kirchheim unter Teck
Kirchheim unter Teck is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the district of Esslingen. It is located on the small river Lauter, a tributary of the Neckar. It is situated near the Teck castle, approximatively 25 km southeast of Stuttgart...
. Two years later there were already more than 100 stores. , there exist more than 13,000 stores across Europe, employing about 50,000 people and turning over about 6.55 billion euros.
Schlecker Kidnapping
In 1987 his two children — Meike and Lars — were kidnappedKidnapping
In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or transportation of a person against that person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority...
. After he paid 9.6 million marks of ransom
Ransom
Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property to secure their release, or it can refer to the sum of money involved.In an early German law, a similar concept was called bad influence...
they were released. 11 years later, Wilhelm Hudelmaier and Herbert Jacoby were arrested and convicted for the kidnapping.
Court Case
In 1998 Schlecker and his wife were given a suspended sentence of ten months each and fined 1 million euros by the Regional Court in StuttgartStuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
for deceiving Schlecker employees into believing they were paid according to going pay rates. Actually salaries were lower, something the court deemed fraud.
External links
- Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People
- „Familie Schlecker: Knüppeln, knausern, kontrollieren“, Manager magazin, 4 December 2003 (in German)