![]() Today, Flora Pérez represents the family’s 60 per cent share on the board. Born in 1984, she is the only daughter of Flora Pérez, the second wife of Amancio, who was still married to Rosalia Mera, his Zara co-founder, at the time. Ortega Pérez started working officially at Inditex 16 years ago although, arguably, she was in the business from the womb. And all my mum’s family work in the company.So we talked about the company a lot.” But also my mum has two sisters and four brothers. “Obviously, my father was working most of the time. She speaks quickly and confidently in English in a low and throaty voice. ![]() In person she is friendly, fun and courteous she’s also striking-looking in the flesh. We are eating lunch at the Inditex headquarters, following an extensive, multi-department Zara tour. ![]() “When I was a kid, my mum was doing the women’s collections for Zara,” says Ortega Pérez of her first consciousness of the business. It’s like Succession but with friendly Spanish people, delicious food and better clothes. “It’s a different generation and a different time,” says Ortega Pérez of her father’s legacy © David Simsįamily is huge at Inditex. Speaking to his biographer in The Man from Zara, first published in 2008, Amancio Ortega Gaona said of his daughter: “What gives me a great deal of peace of mind is that we’ve managed to make it to the second generation almost without anybody noticing… The problem of succession is settled, because everything has been delegated.” Marta Ortega Pérez’s path was mapped a long, long time ago. The market was wary of the lawyer who would replace Carlos Crespo, who had served as CEO since 2019.īut no one in the company was ruffled. There were further wobbles when it was discovered that she would be arriving with Óscar Garcia Maceiras, a new and largely unknown CEO. Twice married, and best known via party pictures in the Spanish tabloids, Ortega Pérez had been dismissed frequently by the chauvinistic media as being a showjumping socialite. This charismatic yet soft-spoken host was tipped as heir to his retail dynasty.Ī few weeks later, it was announced that Ortega Pérez would become the new non-executive chair at Inditex, starting in April 2022. Her name was Marta Ortega Pérez, the daughter of the Inditex and Zara co-founder, Amancio Ortega Gaona, whose personal wealth is estimated to be around $77.7bn. The centre of the party gravitated around a chic, rather grave-looking thirtysomething woman with a choppy bob and heavy brows. The room had a rare intoxicating quality, the sense that everyone was here. Photographers – Inez & Vinoodh, Craig McDean and David Sims – chatted to models, editors and stylists associated with the world’s most esteemed newspapers and magazines. Here, in dusky candlelight, stood the nexus of the fashion industry. Another cocktail evening during shows, we shrugged, but went along to check things out. Charlotte Gainsbourg was launching a denim collaboration with Zara, hosting an evening at Hôtel Particulier Solférino in Saint-Germain. It was during the spring-summer season of collections, and a week of parties in a rare pandemic lull. I got the sense something had happened about 18 months ago in Paris. He wasn't the only celebrity entertainer, however according to Hello!, Norah Jones and Jamie Cullum also performed.Ĭlick through for an inside look at the wedding weekend, and peep all of the bride's multiple designer looks.Sometimes power transfers happen slowly – less a regime change than the steady accretion of quiet power. Sofia Sanchez de Betak, for one, posted an Insta from the festivities alongside Coldplay's Chris Martin, who performed "Yellow" for the bride and groom's first dance. After the ceremony, the couple hosted a cocktail party at the Royal Yacht Club in A Coruña, followed by a Saturday night reception at Casas Novas Equestrian Center, attended by 400 A-list guests, reportedly including Jessica Springsteen and Athina Onassis. And while the stunning photos (by Peter Lindberg, natch) depict the look in black-and-white, the sleek ensemble was actually a pale pink. On Friday, she said "I do" to model agent Carlos Torretta at her family home in Spain wearing a custom gown by Pierpaolo Piccioli for Valentino Haute Couture. Marta Ortega, the daughter of billionaire mogul Amancio Ortega, whose Inditex fashion group is best known for the Zara chain, just wed in an extravagant affair being called the Spanish "Wedding of the Year." Big surprise there. If you're wondering where all that money you spend at Zara is going, we have your answer.
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