# Amancio Ortega

> He built Zara into a global fast-fashion empire and briefly topped the world's wealth rankings in 2015. Ortega turned clothing into a speed game — design to rack in weeks, not seasons — and stayed so quiet most customers couldn't pick him from a lineup.

*Spanish business tycoon*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/amancio-ortega

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Founder ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524))
- **Category:** Founders
- **Country:** Spain
- **Born:** 1936-03-28
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Amancio Ortega Gaona was born 28 March 1936 in Spain and founded Inditex, the parent company behind Zara and Bershka. He's credited as a pioneer of fast fashion, collapsing the cycle between runway and storefront. In 2015 his net worth hit $80 billion as Inditex stock surged, making him briefly the richest person on earth, ahead of Bill Gates. Today he sits at $147 billion, second in Europe behind Bernard Arnault and tenth globally. He leads the Ortega family and ranks as the second-wealthiest retailer in the world.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 58.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.2 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #180

## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.faortega.org/

## Topics
#Executives, #Business Professional, #Entrepreneurship, #Spain, #Europe, #20th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amancio_Ortega)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29279)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Amancio%20Ortega)
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- [Амансио Ортега Гаона](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BE_%D0%9E%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0)
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- [Amancio Ortega Gaona](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amancio_Ortega_Gaona)
- [Amancio Ortega](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amancio_Ortega)
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- [Амансио Ортега](https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BE_%D0%9E%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0)
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