Zara

Zara

Zara is a Spanish clothing and accessories retailer based in Arteixo, Galicia, and founded in 1975 by Amancio Ortega and Rosalía Mera. It is the flagship chain store of the Inditex group; the fashion group also owns brands such as Massimo Dutti, Pull and Bear, Oysho, Uterqüe, Stradivarius and Bershka. It is claimed that Zara needs just two weeks to develop a new product and get it to stores, compared to the six-month industry average, and launches around 10,000 new designs each year. Zara has resisted the industry-wide trend towards transferring fast fashion production to low-cost...
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Founders:Amancio Ortega Gaona, Rosalia Mera
Headquarters:A Coruña

Zara founders

Amancio Ortega Gaona
Amancio Ortega Gaona
Age:76 (Born: March 28, 1936)
Other companies founded:Fundación Amancio Ortega, Confecciones Goa

Amancio Ortega Gaona is a Spaniard fashion entrepreneur. He is the founder, along with his then-wife Rosalía Mera, and chairman of the Inditex Group. He is ranked by Forbes as Spain's richest man; Europe's second richest man; and the fifth richest man in the world in 2011. He currently lives...
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Rosalia Mera
Rosalia Mera
Age:68 (Born: 1944)
Other companies founded:Inditex

Rosalia Mera is a self-made billionaire and one of Spain's richest women. She started building her fortune together with former husband Amancio Ortega Gaona when they established a home-based business, Confecciones Goa which produced dressing gowns and lingerie. This small business  developed...
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Headquarters of Zara

A Coruña
A Coruña

A Coruña or La Coruña is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. It is the second-largest city in the autonomous community and seventeenth overall in the country. The city is the provincial capital of the province of the same name, having also served as political capital of the...
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Parent company of Zara

Inditex
Inditex
Headquarters:A Coruña, Arteixo
Founded:1975
Founders:Rosalia Mera

Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A. , more commonly known as Inditex , Spanish: [indiˈteks], is a large Spanish corporation and the world's largest fashion group. It is made up of almost a hundred companies dealing with activities related to textile design, production and distribution. Amancio Ortega, Spain's richest man, and the world's 5th richest man, is the founder and current largest shareholder. The chairman of Inditex is Pablo...
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    Which sectors does Zara operate?
  • A:
    The company competes in Clothing and Apparel.
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