I think I may have a new hero.

[davywavy]

Theo Albrecht, cofounder of Aldi. After being kidnapped in 1971, he haggled down his own ransom and then tried to claim it back off the taxman as a business expense. Got to respect that.

Comments

[danfossydan.livejournal.com]

Why wasn't it a business expense? Or did he succeed?

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Now that's chutzpah! Sadly very little about him on wiki.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

A little more on the German version, obviously.
Second richest man in Germany (after his brother and other cofounder of Aldi), worth around 17 billion Euros, died last month after a long illness at the ripe age of 88.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

No, he didn't get it. I can't find specifics on the court ruling, though. IIRC the main reasoning was that he was targeted because he was rich, not because of how he made that money (the kidnappers looked him up in the Book of the Rich and Famous at the time), i.e. they targeted him as a person, not the company.
He used to be a right old miser, though.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/07/28/business-eu-germany-obit-albrecht_7805346.html

[(Anonymous)]

Might it be beacuse that would feature the government giving (indirectly) money to criminals?

Shame they haven't stuck to those principles!

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Don't know.
And you are?

[the-maenad.livejournal.com]

And then he went on to lead the Garou Nation to victory over the Wyrm.

[(Anonymous)]

David's brother, in disguise.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Ah, Hi!
BTW, the final version of my CoC diary will be online soon (maybe next weekend). I'm currently editing it a bit and will then upload a PDF.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, shame I missed it, but needs must & all that.