Sandra Ortega Mera (born 19 July 1968) is a Spanish

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heiress, businesswoman and socialite. Mera is the daughter of Amancio Ortega Gaona, and his first wife

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founder of

Inditex Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A. (Inditex; , ; ) is a Spanish multinational clothing company headquartered in Arteixo, Galicia, Spain. The largest fast fashion group in the world, it operates over 7,200 stores in 93 markets worldwide. The compa ...

, best known as the parent company of global fashion empire

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. She is the second richest person in Spain, after her father. As of September 2024, ''

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'' estimated her net worth at US$12.0 billion.

Career and personal life

Mera inherited a 7% stake in Inditex, from her mother Rosalie, after she died in 2013, as her brother Marcos was born with

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, and became Spain's richest woman. Mera owns a share in Pharmaceutical company

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. Ortega spends time working with the foundation her mother founded for those with mental and physical disabilities, Fundación Paideia Galiza. Ortega earned a degree in psychology from the

University of Santiago de Compostela The University of Santiago de Compostela - USC (, ) is a public university located in the city of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. A second campus is located in Lugo, Galicia. It is one of the world's oldest universities in continuous o ...

. She is married with three children and resides in

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, Spain.

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