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Amancio Ortega

A file picture taken on February 4, 2004 shows the founder of Spain's Inditex, the world's largest fashion retailer and owner of the Zara brand, Amancio Ortega, walking in Arteixo, near Coruna, northwestern Spain. A billionaire thanks to his Inditex retail empire and its flagship Zara brand, on March 4, 2013 he leaped from fifth to third place in Forbes magazine's listing of the richest people in the world. Ortega's wealth is now estimated at $57 billion (44 billion euros), rocketing from $37.5 billion a year ago.

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About Amancio Ortega

Amancio Ortega Gaona (born March 28, 1936, Busdongo de Arbas, León) is a Spanish fashion entrepreneur. Ranked by Forbes as Spain's richest man and the 10th richest man in the World in 2009. He is the founder, with his then-wife Rosalía Mera, and chairman of the Inditex Group. He currently lives with his second wife in a discreet apartment building in the centre of A Coruña (Corunna).

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