Marta Ortega

Marta Ortega is the youngest daughter of Amancio Ortega Gaona, founder and majority shareholder of Inditex and one of the richest people on the planet. Based in A Coruña, Spain, Ortega has built her entire career within the Inditex Group, which owns the Zara, Bershka, and Massimo Dutti retail chains, among others—and has been climbing its ranks since 2007. After graduating in international business from Regent’s University London, the heiress started out as a sales assistant in Zara and Bershka stores. The now 41-year-old 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, and Ortega has proved any “nepo baby” naysayers wrong. Despite increasing competition from online Chinese fast fashion retailers like Shein, Inditex continues to do well. Sales grew 7.5% and hit €38.6 billion in 2024.