Amancio Ortega
- Category : 1936-births
- Type : ME
- Profile : 4/6 - Opportunistic / Role Model
- Definition : Split - Small (19,55)
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Service 1
Biography
Spanish billionaire businessman who was the richest person in the world for a brief period of time in 2015, bypassing Bill Gates when his net worth peaked to $80 billion. He is the founder and former chairman of Inditex fashion group, best known for its chain of Zara clothing and accessories shops. As of December 2019, Ortega had a net worth of $68.3 billion, making him the second-wealthiest person in Europe after Bernard Arnault, and the sixth-wealthiest in the world. He is the head of the Ortega family and the second wealthiest retailer in the world. Ortega was reported to have lost $10 billion as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
He left school and moved to A Coruña at the age of 14, due to the job of his father, a railway worker. 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 A Coruña, and learned to make clothes by hand.
Ortega is very private about his personal life, as of 2012 he has only given three interviews to journalists. He married Rosalia Mera in 1966, the couple divorced in 1986. He married his second wife Flora in 2001. He has three children.