Zara Founder, Amancio Ortega overtook Bill Gates as World Richest Man

Saturday, 10 September 2016

Zara Founder, Amancio Ortega overtook Bill Gates as World Richest Man


Yesterday, Forbes announces that Zara founder, Amancio Ortega is now richer than Microsoft billionaire co-founder, Bill Gates – at least he was, for a cool two days.

The Spanish retail genius who started Zara, passed Bill Gates to become the richest man in the world on Wednesday and Thursday before Gates reclaimed the title Friday morning.


Shares of Ortega’s business Inditex, parent company to Zara, Massimo Dutti and Pull&Bear, ticked up 2.5% Wednesday, boosting his personal fortune by $1.7 billion, then fell 2.8% by Friday. As of 10 a.m. Friday morning, Ortega was worth $77.8 billion, while Gates was worth an estimated $78.1 billion.

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