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Founder Profile

Dieter Schwarz

Last reviewed: January 1970 · By Swet Parvadiya

Who is Dieter Schwarz?

Dieter Schwarz is a founder of Lidl, which was founded in 1973.

Company founded
Lidl
Founded
1973

Founding Story

Dieter Schwarz founded Lidl in 1973 in Ludwigshafen, Germany, transforming his family's Heilbronn grocery wholesale business into Europe's largest retail empire and establishing the philanthropic Dieter Schwarz Foundation.

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