Bio Number |
0022 |
|
| Name |
Amancio
Ortega Gaona |
| Net Worth
(9 March 2011) |
US$31.0
billion |
| Citizenship |
Spain
|
| Residence |
Spain
(La Coruna) |
| Inherited
/ Self-made |
Self-made |
| Industry |
Retailing |
| Source
/ Web |
Zara
(apparel) |
| Occupation |
Chairman
(Inditex Group) |
| Trivia |
Son
of a railway worker.
Owns
59.29% of the Inditex group (Industrias de Diseño
Textil Sociedad Anónima)
Group
now (2008) has 3,245 stores in 66 countries.
Shuns
neckties and weras blue jeans.
Book:
Amancio Ortega: DE CERO A ZARA (From Zero to
Zara)
(ISBN 84-9734-167-8)
|
| Age /
Date of Birth |
74yo
(born March 28, 1936) |
| Gender |
Male |
| Education |
High
School, drop out
|
| Marital
Status |
1.
Married to Rosalia Mera - divorced.
2. Married
(from?-current) to Flora Pérez Marcote.
|
| Children |
3
children, inluding ...
Marta
|
| Net Worth
(2011) / Rankings |
$31.0
billion (Spain #1; World #9) |
| Net Worth
(2010) / Rankings |
$25.0
billion (Spain #1; World #9) |
| Net Worth
(2009) / Rankings |
$18.3
billion (Spain #1; World #10) |
| Net Worth
(2008) / Rankings |
$20.2
billion (Spain #1; World #22) |
| Net Worth
(2007) / Rankings |
$24.0
billion (Spain #1; World #8) |
| Net Worth
(2006) / Rankings |
$14.8
billion (Spain #1) |
| Net Worth
(2005) / Rankings |
$12.6
billion (Spain #1) |