Anton Schlecker

German businessman (born 1944)

Anton Kut Schlecker (born 28 October 1944, in Ehingen) is a German businessman, founder and owner of the Schlecker drug store chain in Germany.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Anton Schlecker (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Oct 28, 1944.¹

About

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 the age of 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 which went up to more than 100 stores two years later. As of 2003, there were more than 13,000 stores across Europe, employing about 50,000 people and generating revenue of about €6.55 billion.

In July 2012, Anton Schlecker and his family declared bankruptcy and all Schlecker stores closed and were sold off to the appointed receivers.

From Wikipedia’s article on Anton Schlecker, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

SchleckerFounder⁷

Career

Occupation: entrepreneur, butcher, druggist.⁴

Date not recordedFounded Schlecker³

Personal life

BornOct 28, 1944, Ehingen⁵
CitizenshipGermany⁶

Legal issues and controversies

In 1998, Schlecker and his wife were given a suspended sentence of ten months each and fined €1 million by the Regional Court in Stuttgart for deceiving Schlecker employees into believing they were paid according to going pay rates. Actual salaries were lower, which was deemed fraud by the court.

Following the bankruptcy of his drug store chain during which he illegally abstracted assets worth several million euros to the credit of his children, Schlecker was convicted of bankruptcy fraud and was given a suspended sentence of two years and fined €54,000.