![Is Zara heiress Marta Ortega Pérez the 'most powerful woman in fashion'? From sales clerk to taking over the multibillion-dollar Inditex fashion empire from dad Amancio Ortega, Spain's richest man | South Is Zara heiress Marta Ortega Pérez the 'most powerful woman in fashion'? From sales clerk to taking over the multibillion-dollar Inditex fashion empire from dad Amancio Ortega, Spain's richest man | South](https://img.i-scmp.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=1098,format=auto/sites/default/files/styles/1200x800/public/d8/images/canvas/2022/01/14/d095a894-a92e-4b4b-90e3-fd0ee2777b86_db9a38f8.jpg?itok=QcQaTc-s&v=1642145100)
Is Zara heiress Marta Ortega Pérez the 'most powerful woman in fashion'? From sales clerk to taking over the multibillion-dollar Inditex fashion empire from dad Amancio Ortega, Spain's richest man | South
![Shoppers leave a Zara store in central Madrid, November 5, 2013. The world's largest fashion retailer, Inditex, shows no sign of stalling and investors are betting that its Zara "fast fashion" model Shoppers leave a Zara store in central Madrid, November 5, 2013. The world's largest fashion retailer, Inditex, shows no sign of stalling and investors are betting that its Zara "fast fashion" model](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2e69t3k/shoppers-leave-a-zara-store-in-central-madrid-november-5-2013-the-worlds-largest-fashion-retailer-inditex-shows-no-sign-of-stalling-and-investors-are-betting-that-its-zara-fast-fashion-model-has-plenty-of-room-to-expand-in-emerging-markets-by-appealing-to-the-growing-ranks-of-brand-conscious-middle-classes-amancio-ortega-opened-the-first-zara-store-in-1975-and-pioneered-the-idea-of-quickly-imitating-catwalk-trends-to-create-a-global-giant-with-more-than-6100-stores-in-86-countries-making-the-publicity-shy-spaniard-the-worlds-third-richest-man-reuters-sergio-perez-spain-tags-b-2e69t3k.jpg)
Shoppers leave a Zara store in central Madrid, November 5, 2013. The world's largest fashion retailer, Inditex, shows no sign of stalling and investors are betting that its Zara "fast fashion" model
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