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Rosalía Mera

1944 - 2013

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Rosalía Mera Goyenechea (28 January 1944 – 15 August 2013) was a Spanish businesswoman and entrepreneur. At the time of her death, she was the richest woman in Spain and the world's richest self-made woman. In 1975, she co-founded the Zara retail chain with her then-husband Amancio Ortega Gaona. The company grew to become the world's largest fashion retailer. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rosalía Mera is the 227th most popular businessperson (down from 209th in 2019), the 651st most popular biography from Spain (up from 656th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Spanish Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Rosalía Mera ranks 227 out of 847. Before her are Vincenzo Lancia, Giulia Tofana, Arthur D. Levinson, Axel Springer, Dieter Schwarz, and Dhirubhai Ambani. After her are Thomas Lipton, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Rex Tillerson, Carl Laemmle, Stavros Niarchos, and Henry Cole.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Rosalía Mera ranks 201. Before her are Jon Anderson, Alan Stivell, António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Dennis Farina, Richard Ford, and Petar Zhekov. After her are Christian de Portzamparc, Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Johnny Winter, Teri Garr, Jacques Doillon, and Ian Wilmut. Among people deceased in 2013, Rosalía Mera ranks 111. Before her are Stéphane Hessel, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Álvaro Mutis, Dennis Farina, Mitja Ribičič, and Édouard Molinaro. After her are Ray Price, Emilio Colombo, Frederik Pohl, Marie-Claire Alain, Ali Kafi, and Ken Norton.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Rosalía Mera ranks 651 out of 3,355. Before her are Ángela Molina (1955), Luis de León (1527), Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria (1901), Miguel Hernández (1910), Jacinto Quincoces (1905), and Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833). After her are Muhammad III of Granada (1257), Dani Carvajal (1992), Rodri (1996), Juan Antonio Bardem (1922), Alicia de Larrocha (1923), and Paschal Baylón (1540).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Spain

Among businesspeople born in Spain, Rosalía Mera ranks 7. Before her are Florentino Pérez (1947), Amancio Ortega (1936), Joan Laporta (1962), Eusebi Güell (1846), Lorenzo Sanz (1943), and Josep Maria Bartomeu (1963). After her are Ramón Calderón (1951), Josep Lluís Núñez (1931), Joseph Oller (1839), Ana Botín (1960), Josep Bonaplata i Corriol (1795), and Francesc Xavier Bultó (1912).

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