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Rosalía Mera. Rosalía Mera Goyenechea (28 January 1944 – 15 August 2013) was a Spanish businesswoman and entrepreneur. At the time of her death, she was the richest woman in Spain [1] and the world's richest self-made woman. [2] In 1975, she co-founded the Zara retail chain with her then-husband Amancio Ortega Gaona.
Aug 22, 2013 · Aug. 21, 2013. Rosalia Mera, a Spanish entrepreneur who dropped out of school at 11 to work as a seamstress and went on to help start a global fashion empire, Zara, becoming the world’s richest...
Aug 18, 2013 · The Spanish billionaire and fashion entrepreneur passed away in 2013 at age 69 after a stroke. She co-founded Inditex with her ex-husband Amancio Ortega and built it into a global retail empire with brands like Zara and Massimo Dutti.
Aug 16, 2013 · Rosalia Mera was the richest woman in Spain with an estimated worth of $6.1bn (£3.9bn), although her fortune represented a fraction of the wealth accumulated by her former husband and Zara co...
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Aug 21, 2013 · Rosalía Mera obituary. Seamstress who became the world's richest self-made woman after setting up the fashion chain Zara. Michael Eaude. Wed 21 Aug 2013 10.47 EDT. As if in a fairy tale,...
Aug 16, 2013 · Getty. ROSALIA MERA, the co-founder of Inditex and Zara, has died aged 69. It's believed that the businesswoman suffered a stroke while on holiday in Menorca and was subsequently flown back to her home on the Spanish mainland, where she died on Thursday evening.
Aug 16, 2013 · MADRID, Spain — The Spanish company that owns the Zara chain of clothing stores says co-founder Rosalia Mera has died. She was 69 and Spain's richest woman. Inditex SA did not give details in its statement Friday about how she died.