Amancio Ortega

Amancio Ortega

·       introduction of Amancio Ortega

Amancio national leader Gaona (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈmanθjo oɾˈteɣa ɣaˈona], born twenty eight March 1936) may be a Spanish rich person man of affairs. He is the founder and former chairman of Inditex fashion cluster, best illustrious for its chain of Zara covering and accessories outlets. As recently September 2018, Ortega had a net worth of $70 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

·       Early life and education

The youngest of four children, Ortega was born in Busdongo de Arbás, León, Spain, to Antonio Ortega Rodríguez and Josefa Gaona Hernández from the province of Valladolid, and spent his childhood in León.

He left faculty and rapt to A Coruña at the age of fourteen, 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.

·       Career

In 1972, he supported Confecciones state to sell thick bathrobes.[citation needed]

In 1975, he opened his 1st Zara store together with his spouse Rosalía Mera.

In 2009, Zara was part of the Inditex group (Industrias de Diseño Textil Sociedad Anónima), of which Ortega owned 59.29%, and aside from over 6,000 stores included the brands Zara, Massimo Dutti, Oysho, Zara Home, Kiddy's Class, Tempe, Stradivarius, Pull and Bear, Bershka and has more than 92,000 employees.

His public look in 2000, as part of the warm-up prior to his company's initial public offering on the stock market in 2001, made headlines in the Spanish financial press. However, he has solely ever granted interviews to 3 journalists.

In 2011, Ortega announced his imminent retirement from Inditex, parent company of the Zara chain, stating that he would ask Inditex vice-president and CEO Pablo Isla to take his place as head. In 2012 national leader given concerning €20 million to Caritas Internationalis, a Roman Catholic relief organisation.

He purchased the Torre Picasso skyscraper in Madrid. He conjointly purchased the Epic Residences and building in Miami, Florida.

As of 2016, he in hand around hr of Inditex, which is the holding company for Zara and related chains.

In July 2017, for its second edition of the AEF awards, the Spanish Association of Foundations awarded Amancio national leader within the 2017 Philanthropic Initiative class

·       Personal life

Very private about his personal life, as of 2012 he had only given three interviews to journalists. He married Rosalia Mera in 1966, and divorced in 1986. Mera died in August 2013 at the age of sixty-nine. He married his second wife Flora in 2001. He has 3 kids. As of 2017, he lived with his wife in A Coruña, Spain.

Ortega keeps a really low profile and is thought for his preference for an easy modus vivendi till 1999, no photograph of national leader had ever been revealed. He refuses to wear a tie and typically prefers to wear a simple uniform of blue blazer, white shirt, and gray trousers, none of which are Zara products.