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WTF Fun Fact – CEO Haggles Ransom

January 15, 2020 by WTF

When the CEO of supermarket chain ALDI, Theo Albrecht, was kidnapped, he haggled down his ransom amount with his abductors and claimed the sum as a tax-deductible business expense in court after his release. He then became a recluse. – WTF Fun Facts

Source:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/theo-albrecht-one-of-the-two-brothers-behind-the-aldi-supermarket-empire-2052354.html

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