# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/amancio-ortega
# Generated: 2026-09-01T02:54:31.623Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/amancio-ortega"
name: "Amancio Ortega"
slug: "amancio-ortega"
description: "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."
tagline: "Spanish business tycoon"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "ES"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1936-03-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.2182234150204585
  historical:           24.5083
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 180
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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.