Amancio Ortega

Amancio Ortega Gaona (Spanish: Amancio Ortega Gaona, born March 28, 1936), the richest man in Spain, a giant in the Spanish clothing industry, the third richest man in the world and the richest man in Europe in the global rich list, the founder and current major shareholder of Zara and Inditex. In 1966, he married Rosalia Mera. The pair made women's clothing for sale in their apartment. In 1975, the two of them opened their first store called Zara. In 2015, Forbes magazine named him the second richest person in the world with a net worth of $70 billion, second only to Bill Gates with a net worth of $87.6 billion. Amancio Ortega ranked sixth on Forbes' 2019 billionaire list, with assets of $62.7 billion. In April 2020, in the global rich list released by Forbes, Amancio Ortega Gaona ranked sixth with a net worth of US$55.1 billion.