Amancio Ortega

$122.46B
$769.2M (-0.6%)
as of 02/07/25

About Amancio Ortega

Amancio Ortega of Spain is one of the wealthiest clothing retailers in the world.

A pioneer in fast fashion, he cofounded Inditex, known for its Zara fashion chain, with his ex-wife Rosalia Mera (d. 2013) in 1975.

He owns about 60% of Madrid-listed Inditex, which has 8 brands, including Massimo Dutti and Pull & Bear, and 5,000 stores around the world.

In 2022, after working at Inditex for 15 years, his daughter Marta Ortega Pérez became chairperson of the company.

Ortega earns more than $400 million in yearly dividends, which he reinvests primarily in real estate across Europe and North America.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Spain

Source of wealth

Zara

Residence

La Coruna, Spain

Marital status

Married

Birth date

03/28/36 (age 88)

Number of children

3

Self-made

self-made

Amancio Ortega’s fortune is worth

2M

troy ounces of gold

2M

median U.S. household

1M

median U.S. income

2.449%

U.S. credit card volume

0.49%

GDP of the United States

0.36%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Ortega first began his career manufacturing textiles through a small family company in 1963.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

MADRID | SAN-ES

Banco Santander

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Enagas

MADRID | ITX-ES

Industria de Diseno Textil S.A.

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