Amancio Ortega is the founder and chairman of Inditex, the largest fashion retail group in the world. Inditex owns popular clothing chains like Zara, Pull and Bear, and Massimo Dutti. Ortega began his career in textiles in 1963 and founded his first Zara clothing store in 1975 in La Coruña, Spain. Since then, Inditex has expanded significantly to include over 7,000 stores across 88 countries. Zara remains the largest and most profitable chain in the group.