Gerd Chrzanowski will be the new head of the Schwarz Group (Lidl, Kaufland) at the beginning of December. He will then take over the post at Europe's largest grocer as planned after training by the 81-year-old owner Dieter Schwarz, as the Schwarz Group announced on Thursday in Neckarsulm. In the summer, Schwarz took over the executive chair himself at short notice because the manager Klaus Gehrig, who had previously been at the top, surprisingly resigned from his position.
Neckarsulm - The 50-year-old Chrzanowski has already been confirmed as Gehrig's successor.
The change was announced last year.
But so far no time for the change of office has been given.
The future head of the Schwarz Group will then hand over the chairmanship of Lidl to his successor Kenneth McGrath on December 1st.
Chrzanowski has been with the Schwarz Group for over 20 years.
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According to the company, Gehrig spontaneously decided to take the step in the summer because he was unable to come to an agreement with owner Dieter Schwarz on a very important personnel issue.
As the owner's right-hand man, he is said to have played a decisive role in transforming the company with its subsidiaries Lidl and Kaufland from a small retailer with a good 30 stores to a global group with more than 12,500 branches in 33 countries and a turnover within a good 40 years of more than 113 billion euros.
It made Lidl not only the biggest competitor of the discount inventor Aldi, but also the biggest grocer in Europe.
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