Sandra Ortega Mera (born 19 July 1968) is a Spanish billionaire heiress, businesswoman and socialite.
Sandra Ortega | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sandra Ortega Mera 19 July 1968[1] |
| Education | University of Santiago de Compostela |
| Known for | Heiress of Inditex Group Spain's richest woman |
| Spouse | Pablo Gómez |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents | |
Mera is the daughter of Amancio Ortega Gaona, and his first wife Rosalia Mera founder of Inditex, best known as the parent company of global fashion empire Zara. She is the second richest person in Spain, after her father. As of September 2024, Forbes estimated her net worth at US$12.0 billion.[1]
Career and personal life
editMera inherited a 7% stake in Inditex, from her mother Rosalie, after she died in 2013, as her brother Marcos was born with cerebral palsy, and became Spain's richest woman.[1]
Mera owns a share in Pharmaceutical company PharmaMar.[1]
Ortega spends time working with the foundation her mother founded for those with mental and physical disabilities, Fundación Paideia Galiza.[2]
Ortega earned a degree in psychology from the University of Santiago de Compostela. She is married with three children and resides in A Coruña, Spain.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Forbes profile: Sandra Mera". Forbes.com. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ Villar, C. (8 October 2014). "Sandra Ortega, la misma política financiera que... su padre". El Mundo (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial Información General S.L.U. Retrieved 24 November 2019.