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Ronny Gottschlich (born 14 May 1975) is a German businessman, and the former Managing Director of Lidl U.K. GmbH. The main German company is headquartered in Neckarsulm, north of Heilbronn, in the north of Baden-Württemberg, and has over 10,000 stores across Europe. Lidl UK has around 630 stores, with around 5.5m customers.
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Early life
He attended the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, in Halle (Saale) in Saxony-Anhalt (former GDR or East Germany). He also went to the Merseburg University of Applied Sciences (FH Merseburg) in Merseburg, also in Saxony-Anhalt.
Lidl
Lidl arrived in the UK in 1994.
He joined Lidl in 2000, working at a store in Unna in North Rhine-Westphalia until 2002. He joined Lidl in the UK in 2002, his first role there was as the National Audit Manager. It was within his remit to ensure that all stores in the UK complied with the Lidl concept. In January 2004 he became responsible for Lidl in London and the south of England - around 60 stores. In 2009 he became operations director for Lidl Austria.
In September 2010 he became Managing Director of Lidl UK, with around 600 stores, eight regional distribution centres, and around 11,000 employees. In 2015 he was paid £970,000. In 2014 he received £620,000. Lidl UK is Lidl's third largest market.
Lidl UK is headquartered on the B235, off the A219, in south-west London. Lidl is owned by Schwarz Gruppe, which is the world's second-largest retailer, by revenue.
Personal life
He is single and lives in Camden.