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For a brief period of time in 2015, he was the richest man in the world, surpassing Bill Gates when his net worth peaked at $80 billion as Zara's parent company, Inditex's, stock peaked.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"28 March 1936","date":"1936-03-28"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29279#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Busdongo de Arbas","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5736000"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29279#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Spain","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29279#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"entrepreneur","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131524"},{"text":"businessperson","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43845"},{"text":"philanthropist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12362622"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29279#P106"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Rosalía Mera","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1086680","start":"1966","end":"1986"},{"text":"Flora Pérez","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103911950","start":"2001"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29279#P26"}},{"key":"website","label":"Official website","values":[{"text":"faortega.org","url":"http://www.faortega.org/"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29279#P856"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Castelao Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q931702","date":"1992"},{"text":"Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28861961","date":"2009"},{"text":"Gold Medal of Work Merit","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39946570","date":"2001"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29279#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amancio_Ortega","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29279","http://www.faortega.org/"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Amancio Ortega born?","a":"Amancio Ortega was born on 28 March 1936 in Busdongo de Arbas."}],"related":[{"name":"Alicia Koplowitz","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alicia-koplowitz"},{"name":"Hortensia Herrero","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hortensia-herrero"},{"name":"Isak Andic","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/isak-andic"},{"name":"Juan Abelló","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/juan-abello"},{"name":"Juan Roig","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/juan-roig"},{"name":"Manuel Lao Hernández","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/manuel-lao-hernandez"},{"name":"Miquel Fluxà Rosselló","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/miquel-fluxa-rossello"},{"name":"Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rafael-del-pino-calvo-sotelo"},{"name":"Sol Daurella","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sol-daurella"},{"name":"Aitor Elizegi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/aitor-elizegi"},{"name":"Antonio Garamendi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/antonio-garamendi"},{"name":"Josep Oliu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/josep-oliu"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/amancio-ortega-95cd05041d.jpg","width":300,"height":408,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Malen Perez","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amancio-ortega.300w.webp"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Amancio Ortega","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amancio_Ortega","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q29279","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29279","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Amancio-ortega.300w.webp by Malen Perez (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amancio-ortega.300w.webp","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Amancio Ortega, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Amancio-ortega.300w.webp — Malen Perez, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Amancio Ortega\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/amancio-ortega. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T20:28:18Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/amancio-ortega","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/amancio-ortega","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/amancio-ortega?lang=ne"}}