Amancio Ortega, the first Spaniard to surpass the $100,000 million net worth

madrid , amancio ortegaThe founder of the Inditex textile emporium and owner of the investment unit Pontegadia has become the first Spaniard with a net worth of more than $100,000 million, according to the list published this Friday by Forbes.

In addition to being the person with the most wealth in Spain, he is in twelfth place in the “ranking” of the world’s richest.

The businessman’s wealth, in particular, stands at $100.7 billion, nearly $11 billion more than in November.

Forbes reminds that this remarkable jump in the accounts of 87-year-old Amancio Ortega is mainly due to the revaluation in the market, which this year has increased by almost 55% that of Inditex, in which he is the majority shareholder with 59.4% of the titles. ,

The textile multinational owns brands such as Zara, Pull & Bear and Massimo Dutti, which have clothing stores around the world.

Pontegadia investment in the international and national real estate sector has also influenced the increase in wealth.

Amancio Ortega is followed by his daughters Sandra Ortega ($8.9 billion), Rafael del Pino (Ferrovial, $5.6 billion) and Juan Roig (Mercadona, $3.8 billion) in the list of the richest in Spain prepared by Forbes. .