Marta Ortega

Marta Ortega is the youngest daughter of Amancio Ortega Gaona, founder and majority shareholder of Inditex, the retail giant that owns the Zara, Bershka, and Massimo Dutti retail chains, among others, based in A Coruña, Spain. Ortega has spent her entire career within the Inditex Group, which she joined in 2007. She has been a member of the Amancio Ortega Foundation Board of Trustees since 2015 and was promoted to chair of Inditex in 2022. Since then, the fashion behemoth has gone from strength to strength. Shares hit a record high in March this year—and have continued to rapidly rise. Meanwhile, Inditex sales reached €35.9 billion ($40 billion) in 2023 and net income increased by over 30% to €5.4 billion ($6 billion). Its growth comes as the company continues to expand its footprint in Asia and the U.S., where Zara plans to open 10 new locations by 2025. Last year, the retailer launched a secondhand-retail platform in several European markets as well as livestreaming shopping services in China, the U.S., the U.K., and Europe.