Rosalía Mera

✶January 28, 1944

†August 15, 2013

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About their life

Rosalía Mera Goyenechea was a Spanish businesswoman and fashion designer. At the time of her death, she was the richest woman in Spain and the world's richest self-made woman according to Forbes. She was ranked #66 among the world's most powerful women by Forbes in 2013. In 1975, she co-founded the Zara retail chain with her then-husband Amancio Ortega Gaona. The company grew to become the world's largest fashion retailer.

Spanish businesswoman (1944–2013)

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Biography from the article Rosalía Mera on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.