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Meet the mysterious retail guru who just surpassed Bill Gates to become the world's richest man

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Amancio Ortega

Zara's mysterious founder, Amancio Ortega, just surpassed Bill Gates to become the richest man in the world. 

Shares of the Spanish retailer's parent company, Inditex, rose 2.5%. That boosted Ortega's fortune to $79.5 billion, according to Forbes

Bill Gates' net worth is $78.5 billion. 

Despite Ortega's impressive net worth, many people have never heard of him.

The 80-year-old Spaniard fiercely guards his privacy and gives few interviews to the press.

Ortega founded fast-fashion giant Zara with his then-wife Rosalia in 1975. Today, his retail company Inditex SA — which owns Zara, Massimo Dutti, and Pull&Bear — has over 6,600 outposts around the world. 

Amancio Ortega is the richest man in the world, with a net worth estimated at $79.5 billion.

Source: Bloomberg



This is his second wife, Flora. The couple has been married since 2001.

Source: Bloomberg



In August 2013, his ex-wife and Zara cofounder, Rosalia Mera, died at 69. She was Spain's richest woman.

Source: Associated Press



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