Background and career
Sandra Ortega Mera (born 19 July 1968) is a Spanish billionaire heiress, businesswoman and socialite. Mera is the daughter of Amancio Ortega Gaona, and his first wife Rosalia Mera, the founders of Inditex, best known as the parent company of global fashion empire Zara. She is the second-richest person in Spain, after her father. As of September 2024, Forbes estimated her net worth at US$12.0 billion.
Mera inherited a 7% stake in Inditex, from her mother Rosalía, after she died in 2013, as her brother Marcos was born with cerebral palsy, and became Spain's richest woman. Mera owns a share of pharmaceutical company PharmaMar. Ortega spends time working with the foundation her mother founded for those with mental and physical disabilities, Fundación Paideia Galiza. Ortega earned a degree in psychology from the University of Santiago de Compostela. She is married with three children and resides in A Coruña, Spain.
