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Rosalía Mera Goyenechea was a Spanish businesswoman and fashion designer. At the time of her death, she was the richest woman in Spain and the world's richest self-made woman according to Forbes. She was ranked #66 among the world's most powerful women by Forbes in 2013. In 1975, she co-founded the Zara retail chain with her then-husband Amancio Ortega Gaona. The company grew to become the world's…
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business · Spanish businesswoman (1944–2013) · entrepreneur · businessperson · philanthropist · also Rosalía Mera, Rosalía Mera Goyenechea, Rosalia Mera, Rosalia Mera Goyenechea, Mera
Born 28 January 1944 · Died 15 August 2013 · Q1086680
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Died 2013-08-15.
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Won Castelao Medal (2004).
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Co-founded the Zara retail chain with her then-husband Amancio Ortega Gaona
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And a son Marcos in 1971, who was born with cerebral palsy
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Born 1944-01-28.
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