Amancio Ortega Gaona (born March 28, 1936) is a fashion entrepreneur,
Spain's richest man, and the founder, with his then-wife Rosalia Mera,
and chairman of the Inditex Group. He currently lives with his second
wife in a discreet apartment building in the centre of A Coruña.
Ortega was born in León and started out at age 14 as a gofer in a shirt
store in A Coruña, Galicia. In 1963 he started Confecciones Goa (his
initials in reverse), which made bathrobes. In 1975 he opened the first
store in what would grow into the enormously popular chain of fashion
stores called Zara. He is the majority shareholder of the Inditex group
(Industrias de Diseño Textil Sociedad Anónima) which includes the
brands Zara, Massimo Dutti, and Pull & Bear, among others, and has
more than 14,000 employees.
Ortega keeps a very low profile and there are practically no
photographs of him (except from one photo published at the Inditex
website). He refuses to wear a tie, and likes to dress in blue jeans.
He is said to take a very active part in the production and design
process in the company
When he made a public appearance in 2000 - as part of the warm-up prior
to floating his company on the stock market in 2001 - it made headlines
in the Spanish financial press. However, he has never given an
interview, and his secrecy has led to the publication of books such as
Amancio Ortega: DE CERO A ZARA (ISBN 8497341678).
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1. 05-10-2006 09:22
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Dear sir I want you to help my business grow by investing into into it. I will be very glad to hear from you. Eddy
Dear Sir, I would like to know if you are not interested in making an invesment in Romania. It is a shame, but our city, Sibiu, will become a cultural capital and we have a national sporting complex wich is almost a ruin. There are only two complexes similar with this in all country. Also we have some natural salty lakes. The quality of this water you can find it only in the dead sea...Making an appeal for the wealthy people, please invest in our city!!! Warm regards! Cristina
Unas lineas para aplaudir tu exito. Mi madre empezo con una maquina, de pueblo en pueblo en la Galicia rural, y llego dirigir el taller de alta costura de uno de los grandes en Paris.
Bravo Amancio!
No se cual es la formula, pero me gustaria conocerla para lanzar un projecto agrario/turistico/comercial/inmobiliario... Enfin cuando lo consiga, entendere..
Muchas gracias por darme el argumento total cuando hablo con mis colegas de diversos origenes (soy ploglota-7 idiomas): Un corunes es uno de los grandes!!!!
I have been running my own company seens i was 18 years old and it has been verry succesful. I have done lot of different industries. I have also looked at your concept and i can see that it is one of the best fashion concepts and it appeal to a large group.
I would be verry hapy to hear from you and maybe have chance to meet you for couple of hours and talk about if there is a chance for me to be part of your crew in the future.
WIth above subject,It puts me to cry that i am middle class man and tried my best to earn in life much for a better life.and Almighty God had given me which is alo blessed you.For sake of that Pls help me provide some finance by which can start a mini business for better life.
Almighty God will give u more & more.and i hope that God is going is going to give me through you.
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Primero que todo espero que se encuentre bien de salud al lado delos que lo quieren y lo admiran. Don Ortega, el proposito de esta carta no es para rrogarle ni tanpoco para ofrecerle inversiones. Vivo en los Estados Unidos y tengo 24 de edad. Desde de los 14 anos empese a trabajar despues de la escuela con un americano. Tengo 10 anos de trabajarle a el y como cualquier otra persona he pasado momentos muy pero muy dificeles en mi vida pero he sobre salido. No tengo esperiencia en la computadora pero poco a poco aprendo un poco de ella. Soy bilingue pero eso no significa que tengo un gran trabajo. He empesado a desarrollar mi propia compania de corte de grama pero se me ha hecho muy dificil, no solamente por lo economico pero aqui en el estado de Virginia todo es muy caro. Mi ingreso al mes es de un pronostico de $2100.00 dolares al mes. Tengo una esposa y un hijo bello que nuestro padre Dios lo mando. Me siento muy felis de que un hispano de esta altura nos este representando. Espero que algun dia pueda obtener una respuesta suya y que me pueda a consejar a llegar a ser una persona excitosa como usted lo a sido sin dejar olvidado la humildad y de donde benimos. Bueno espero que todo le este hinedo bien, no solamente en el trabajo pero espiritualmente. No voy a la iglesia pero he lehido la Biblia y nunca olvide leerla portque eso lo alludara mas en el futuro pero especialmente en el cielo. Take care of your self and please if u can take a minute to write me back just a couple words.
Hola don Amancio o el que sea que reciba este mail, que dudo sea usted. Pero por probar nunca se pierde... Mi mujer Anita es espanola de Elda-Petrel, Alicante. Yo soy chileno, nos conocimos en Republica Dominicana y nos vinimos finalmente a vivir a Grand Cayman. Tuvimos nuestra hija Candela que nacio en la isla y vivimos aqui muy felices. Anita lo admira mucho y estudio su caso en la Universidad durante un Master en R.R.H.H. Nos gustaria mucho traernos la franquicia deZara a esta isla, ya que es una isla muy rica, y con mucha visita de cruceros y mejor aun no hay impuestos. Si pudiera enviarme la informacion sobre que requisitos se necesitan para conseguir una franquicia le agradeceria se comunicaran conmigo. Muchas Gracias. Atte, Carlos y fmlia.
hello sir i am very happy to read through how you got your wealth and i want you to help we orphans because who knows maybe we might also be like you one day. so pls sir i want you to help me so that i can help others when they are in need. my nos is. thank you sir.
i would be very happy if i would get a chance to chat with you or send me your name and address to my e-mail
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