Amancio Ortega
Net Worth - $71.3 Billion
Zara founder Amancio Oretga is the richest man in Europe and the wealthiest retailer in the world. He started manufacturing textiles through a small family company in 1963 before cofounding Zara with his ex-wife Rosalía Mera (d. 2013) in 1975. By the mid-1980s, Ortega had expanded throughout Spain, and he opened his first store in America in 1989. As he expanded his empire, which today includes Zara, Massimo Dutti and Pull&Bear.
