Rosalía Mera

Rosalía Mera
Born	Rosalía Mera Goyenechea 1944 Matadero-A Coruña, Spain
Residence	Liáns, Ourense, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Known for	Co-founder of Inditex
Net worth	$3.5 billion
Children	Sandra Ortega Mera, Marcos Ortega Mera

Rosalía Mera Goyenechea (born 1944) is one of the richest people in the world. She began designing gowns and lingerie in her home with her then-husband, Amancio Ortega Gaona. The couple parlayed their work into a multi-billion-dollar corporation, Inditex, and the Zara line of clothing stores. Despite her divorce from Ortega, Mera retains a 7% stake in the company.

Mera also owns interests in a company which make fingerprinting identification kits for infants and another company (Zeltia) which carries out research into cancer fighting compounds of both synthetic and natural origin and particularly those bioactive compounds originating in the ocean.

She is also the president of the Paideia Foundation, a charitable organization. The foundation has become involved in Spanish media, most notably as a producer of the Internet-themed game show Terceira rede (Third Network). Her venture capital firm Rosp Corunna is also a share holder in Continental Prods, a Galician media company. She also has a share of Milou Films and of Tornasol Films.

External links

• Inditex official web page
• (Spanish) Short bio

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