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Name
Amancio Ortega
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Net worth
💰 $113.8B
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Born
March 28, 1936 (age 88) |
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Education
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Source
Zara
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Industry
Retail
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Ortega first began his career manufacturing textiles through a small family company in 1963. He owns a 10% stake in Spanish telecoms firm Telxius and 5% of publicly traded natural gas grid operator Enag's.
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Name
Bernard Arnault
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Net worth
💰 $203.9B
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Born
March 5, 1949 (age 75) |
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Education
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Source
LVMH
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Industry
Consumer
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Arnault apparently wooed his wife, Helene Mercier, a concert pianist, by playing Chopin and other classical composers on the piano. Arnault and LVMH own a 40% stake in private equity firm L Catterton, which has $30 billion in assets, including investments in Birkenstock and Equinox.