Amancio Ortega

$107.11B

$1.1B (1%)

as of 05/13/24

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 7,500 stores around the world.

Ortega typically earns more than $400 million in dividends a year. In November 2021, Inditex announced that his daughter Marta Ortega Pérez will become chairperson in April 2022.

He has invested his dividends primarily into real estate in Madrid, Barcelona, London, Chicago, Miami and New York.

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

Self-made

self-made

Amancio Ortega’s fortune is worth

troy ounces of gold

median U.S. household

median U.S. income

2.142%

U.S. credit card volume

0.428%

GDP of the United States

0.315%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

He owns a 30% stake in Spanish telecoms firm Telxius and 5% of publicly traded natural gas grid operator Enagas.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

MADRID | SAN-ES

Banco Santander

MADRID | ENG-ES

Enagas

MADRID | ITX-ES

Industria de Diseno Textil S.A.

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Red Electrica Corp SA

EURONEXT LISBON | RENE-PT

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