Rosalía Mera

Entrepreneur

Birthday January 28, 1944

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace Spain

DEATH DATE Aug 15, 2013 (69)

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About

Spanish businesswoman and entrepreneur who in 1975 co-founded the Zara retail chain, which would grow to become the world's largest fashion retailer.

Before Fame

She dropped out of school at age 11 to work as a sales assistant in a clothing shop and eventually started designing her own gowns and lingerie in her house.

Trivia

She was the richest woman in Spain and the world's richest self-made woman at the time of her death.

Family Life

She co-founded Zara with her then-husband Amancio Ortega Gaona whom she married in 1966 and divorced in 1986.

Associated With

She was a Spanish-speaking business mogul like Carlos Slim.