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Anton Schlecker
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Anton Schlecker (born October 28, 1944 in Ehingen) is a German billionaire, 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. As of 2003, there exist more than 13,000 stores across Europe, employing about 50,000 people and turning over about 6.55 billion euros.
In 1987 his two children — Meike and Lars — were kidnapped. 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.