![]() He maintained his #3 spot on the Forbes list from 2013, but increased his net worth $7 billion for a total of $64 billion. In 2011, Ortega announced his imminent retirement from Inditex, parent company of the Zara chain, stating that he would ask Inditex vice-president and CEO Pablo Isla to take his place at the helm of the textile empire. ![]() However, he has only ever granted interviews to three journalists and his secrecy has led to the publication of books,Īmancio Ortega: de cero a Zara (From Zero to Zara) When he made a public appearance in 2000 as part of the warm-up prior to his company’s initial public offering on the stock market in 2001, it made headlines in the Spanish financial press. He is also said to take a very active part in the production and design process in the company. He refuses to wear a tie and typically wears a simple uniform of a blue blazer, white shirt, and gray pants, none of which are Zara products. Despite Prez heading up Zara, the title of Spain’s second richest person goes to her 53-year-old half-sister Sandra who doesn’t participate in the family business, but is worth US6.9 billion. Ortega keeps a very low profile and, until 1999, no photograph of Ortega had ever been published and is known for his preference for a simple lifestyle. Today, Zara is part of the Inditex group, of which Ortega owns 59.29%, and aside from over 6,000 stores includes the brands Zara, Massimo Dutti, Oysho, Zara Home, Kiddy’s Class, Tempe, Stradivarius, Pull and Bear, Bershka and has more than 92,000 employees. In 1975, he opened his first Zara store with his wife Rosalía Mera, so called because his preferred name Zorba was already taken. 344 Sandra Ortega Mera on the 2023 Billionaires - Sandra Ortega Mera is the daughter of Amancio Ortega, cofounder of clothing giant Inditex, known for. In 1972, he founded Confecciones Goa, selling quilted bathrobes which Ortega produced using thousands of local women organised into sewing cooperatives. Shortly after, he found a job as a shop hand for a local shirtmaker called Gala, which still sits on the same corner in downtown La Coruña, and learned to make clothes by hand. ![]() He left school and moved to La Coruña at the age of 14, due to the job of his father, a railway worker. Before they married in 2001, Amancio and Flora had Marta Ortega - who is likely to take. The youngest of four children, Ortega was born in Busdongo de Arbás, León, Spain, and spent his childhood in León. The 81-year-old Spanish billionaires net worth surged recently to 77 billion, which edges out Jeffs 76 billion net worth by 1 billion. The couple divorced in 1986, 11 years after founding Zara, and Amancio went on to marry Flora Perez Marcote. He resides with his second wife in an apartment building in Galicia, Spain. In October 2015, he was ranked as the richest person in the world for four hours by Forbes, just ahead of American billionaire Bill Gates, with a net worth of USD $78.6 billion. Known for: Co-founder of the Inditex groupīoard member of: Inditex (CEO) Daez (COO)Īmancio Ortega Gaona (born March 28, 1936) is a Spanish fashion businessman and founding chairman of the Inditex fashion group, best known for its chain of Zara clothing and accessories retail shops. ![]()
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