Amancio Ortega
28 March 1936 – present
Amancio Ortega is a Spanish businessman who founded the clothing retailer Zara and its parent company, Inditex. He began working in the textile trade in A Coruña as a teenager, started a garment-making business in 1963 and opened the first Zara store in 1975. He served as chairman of Inditex until 2011 and remains its largest shareholder.
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Life events
Born the son of a railway worker in the province of León.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe family relocated when his father was transferred; he left school soon afterwards.
Worked for a local shirtmaker and later for a clothing retailer, learning garment production and retail.
Started a company making quilted dressing gowns with his then partner Rosalía Mera and family members.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMarried his business partner; the couple separated in the mid-1980s.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe shop sold low-priced versions of popular clothing designs and became the basis of a retail chain.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgGrouped his manufacturing and retail businesses under Industria de Diseño Textil.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe company completed an initial public offering in Madrid.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHanded the chairmanship to Pablo Isla while retaining his shareholding.
Source: en.wikipedia.org