ZARA Founder Rosalia Mera: From Scratch To Become The First Female Billionaire

P style= "text-align: left" > a > ZARA < /a > parent company Inditex co founder, Rosalia Inditex died in August 15th due to cerebral hemorrhage, died at the age of 69. < /p >
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< p style= "text-align: center" > a > Rosalia Mera < /a > /p >
Although P no longer holds any position, she still owns 7% Inditex shares and is currently worth 4 billion 500 million euros, the richest woman in Spain. According to Forbes magazine, she ranks twentieth among the world's richest women, and more importantly, she is the richest among the world's self-made female entrepreneurs. Her ex husband, Ortega, owns 59% Inditex shares. This year, with assets of more than 57 billion US dollars, Buffett is the third richest in the world. Below is a note about her life, from the British Guardian: < /p >
< p > Mera, a poor family, dropped out of school at the age of 11 and became a tailor. < /p >
In 1975, P and her husband Amancio Ortega founded ZARA in the Galicia District Arteixo. < /p >
< p > ZARA "fast fashion" business mode originated from Mera's unique secret: imitation of the latest big a > Fashion Show "/a" or popular trend, cheap and quick production of fashion products for mass consumers, a small number of high efficiency turnover inventory. < /p >
< p > now ZARA's parent company Inditex has annual sales of over 16 billion euros (ZARA accounts for 65% left). Right, in addition, there are Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Pull &Bear and Oysho. < /p >
< p > 1986, when Mera and Ortega divorced, they had two children. < /p >
< p > although you are the richest woman in Spain, Mera still lives as usual in her hometown (the capital of Galicia in Spain and La Coruna in the coastal city), and she often yearn for all kinds of local Salsa bars and snacks. < /p >
< p > she is also an ardent social activist. She is against the government's spending cuts in public services. It is against the government's obstacles to abortion for young women. She had a stroke when she was on holiday in Menorca Island, and finally died in La Coruna where she was born. < /p >