{"id":17501,"date":"2019-01-14T19:02:38","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T16:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/?p=17501"},"modified":"2019-01-14T19:02:38","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T16:02:38","slug":"success-story-of-rosalia-mira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/success-story-of-rosalia-mira\/","title":{"rendered":"The success story of \u201cRosalia Mera,\u201d the richest woman in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"3ndfp\" data-offset-key=\"94g6d-0-0\">\n<p data-offset-key=\"94g6d-0-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ghalicenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rr.jpg\" alt=\"Cute little picture\" width=\"654\" height=\"470\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mk\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"94g6d-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\" data-offset-key=\"94g6d-0-0\">Every person\u2019s happiness is complete when they succeed in life\u2014but has success ever come about by chance? No. Perseverance, ambition, and hard work are the keys to success and reaching the top. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mk\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"94g6d-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\" data-offset-key=\"94g6d-0-0\">of the pyramid. Success has never been limited to a particular person, race, or gender. And when we talk about hard work and success, we cannot overlook Rosal\u00eda Mera, the richest woman in Spain and a partner in <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mk\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"94g6d-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\" data-offset-key=\"94g6d-0-0\">the global brand Zara. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/success-story-of-zara\/\">the global brand Zara<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-offset-key=\"94g6d-0-0\">.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"_1mf _1mk\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"2a2-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\"><strong>The Early Life of Rosal\u00eda Mera<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\" data-offset-key=\"7sq1i-0-0\">Rosal\u00eda was born in 1944 in the town of La Coru\u00f1a in northern Spain to a modest family. At the age of eleven, she left school and worked as a seamstress to support herself, and <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\" data-offset-key=\"7sq1i-0-0\">Before you founded a company with Ortega.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\" data-offset-key=\"378lh-0-0\">The Beginning of Rosal\u00eda Mera\u2019s Success Story<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mk\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"avjhc-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">In 1875, Rosal\u00eda Mera married Amancio Ortega. They had two children, but divorced in 1986. Together, Rosal\u00eda Mera and her husband founded a company that later became <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mk\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"avjhc-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">one of the world\u2019s best-known<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/the-best-brands-in-the-world\/\"> Brands<\/a> clothing retailers. They chose the name \u201cZorba\u201d for the company, inspired by Greek stories, but<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mk\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"avjhc-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> the name was later changed to avoid confusion with a nearby bar that existed at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-offset-key=\"avjhc-0-0\">.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1216\" src=\"http:\/\/ghalicenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%B3%D8%B3-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7-300x200.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ghalicenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/\u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633-\u0634\u0631\u0643\u0629-\u0632\u0627\u0631\u0627-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ghalicenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/\u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633-\u0634\u0631\u0643\u0629-\u0632\u0627\u0631\u0627.jpg 600w, http:\/\/ghalicenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/\u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633-\u0634\u0631\u0643\u0629-\u0632\u0627\u0631\u0627-280x187.jpg 280w\" alt=\"\" width=\"936\" height=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"3ndfp\" data-offset-key=\"96qof-0-0\">\n<h2 class=\"_1mf _1mk\" data-offset-key=\"50l89-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\" data-offset-key=\"50l89-0-0\">The Zara Brand<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mk\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"96qof-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\" data-offset-key=\"96qof-0-0\">After the couple founded Zara, it grew into one of the world\u2019s leading clothing brands, with designs based on producing <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mk\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"96qof-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\" data-offset-key=\"96qof-0-0\">Affordable styles inspired by the latest and most popular trends from local and international fashion shows, as well as designs influenced by pop culture. Zara followed <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mk\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"96qof-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\" data-offset-key=\"96qof-0-0\">a clothing production process that involved lengthy design and manufacturing cycles, often taking up to six months from the initial design of a garment until <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mk\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"96qof-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\" data-offset-key=\"96qof-0-0\">it was delivered to retailers. The company also sought to anticipate consumer tastes well in advance. Zara launches <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/secret-weapon-for-brand-marketing\/\">Brand<\/a> around 10,000 new designs <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mk\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"96qof-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\" data-offset-key=\"96qof-0-0\">each year and employs around 120,000 people worldwide. The Zara brand has approximately 1,763 stores across <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mk\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"96qof-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\" data-offset-key=\"96qof-0-0\">the world, and the company invests a percentage of its revenue in opening new stores. As a result, Rosalia became known as a pioneer of fast fashion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-offset-key=\"96qof-0-0\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1211\" src=\"http:\/\/ghalicenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7-300x152.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ghalicenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0644\u0627\u0645\u0629-\u0627\u0644\u062a\u062c\u0627\u0631\u064a\u0629-\u0632\u0627\u0631\u0627-300x152.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ghalicenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0644\u0627\u0645\u0629-\u0627\u0644\u062a\u062c\u0627\u0631\u064a\u0629-\u0632\u0627\u0631\u0627-768x390.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ghalicenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0644\u0627\u0645\u0629-\u0627\u0644\u062a\u062c\u0627\u0631\u064a\u0629-\u0632\u0627\u0631\u0627-280x142.jpg 280w, http:\/\/ghalicenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0644\u0627\u0645\u0629-\u0627\u0644\u062a\u062c\u0627\u0631\u064a\u0629-\u0632\u0627\u0631\u0627.jpg 854w\" alt=\"\" width=\"945\" height=\"479\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"_1mf _1mk\" data-offset-key=\"94g6d-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\" data-offset-key=\"94g6d-0-0\">Ms. Rosal\u00eda Mera\u2019s Fortune<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mk\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"sg7b-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\" data-offset-key=\"sg7b-0-0\">Ms. Rosalia Mera retired from the board of directors of Inditex, the parent company, in 2004. Inditex owns a range of fashion retailers, <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mk\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"sg7b-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\" data-offset-key=\"sg7b-0-0\">including Massimo Dutti, Bershka, and Zara. At the time, her wealth was estimated at $6.1 billion, in addition to a share of her former husband <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mk\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"sg7b-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\" data-offset-key=\"sg7b-0-0\">Ortega\u2019s fortune, estimated at $57 billion, which made him the third-richest man in the world. Rosalia Mera was therefore known as one of the world\u2019s richest women\u2014and the richest <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mk\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"sg7b-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\" data-offset-key=\"sg7b-0-0\">woman in Spain to have built her fortune herself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-offset-key=\"sg7b-0-0\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"sg7b-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1212\" src=\"http:\/\/ghalicenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_535678_43-300x188.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ghalicenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_535678_43-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ghalicenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_535678_43-280x175.jpg 280w, http:\/\/ghalicenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1_535678_43.jpg 560w\" alt=\"\" width=\"945\" height=\"592\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\" data-offset-key=\"fpl6t-0-0\">Rosal\u00eda Mera\u2019s Social Life<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mk\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4f20m-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\" data-offset-key=\"4f20m-0-0\">Rosalia Mera was known for her modesty and love of her country. Despite her enormous wealth, she was often seen in salsa music bars and caf\u00e9s. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mk\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4f20m-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\" data-offset-key=\"4f20m-0-0\">One of Rosalia Mera\u2019s most notable political stances was her opposition to the government\u2019s austerity measures, which affected the public services provided in Spain. She also <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mk\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4f20m-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\" data-offset-key=\"4f20m-0-0\">She opposed government plans that would make it harder for girls in Spain to access abortions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-offset-key=\"4f20m-0-0\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4f20m-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1213\" src=\"http:\/\/ghalicenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Rosalia-Mera-zara-17082013-422x280-300x199.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 944px) 100vw, 944px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ghalicenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Rosalia-Mera-zara-17082013-422x280-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ghalicenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Rosalia-Mera-zara-17082013-422x280-280x187.jpg 280w, http:\/\/ghalicenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Rosalia-Mera-zara-17082013-422x280.jpg 422w\" alt=\"\" width=\"944\" height=\"626\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\" data-offset-key=\"59o97-0-0\">The Death of Ms. Rosal\u00eda Mera, Spain\u2019s Richest Woman<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"3ndfp\" data-offset-key=\"8n25j-0-0\">\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mk\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"8n25j-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\" data-offset-key=\"8n25j-0-0\">Rosal\u00eda died in August 2013 at the age of 69 after suffering a brain hemorrhage while on holiday with her daughter on the island of <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1mf _1mk\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"8n25j-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\" data-offset-key=\"8n25j-0-0\">Menorca. She was airlifted to a hospital in A Coru\u00f1a, in her native Galicia in northwestern Spain, but died a few hours later.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u062a\u0643\u062a\u0645\u0644 \u0633\u0639\u0627\u062f\u0629 \u0623\u064a \u0625\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0646\u062c\u0627\u062d\u0647 \u0641\u064a \u062d\u064a\u0627\u062a\u0647\u060c \u0648\u0644\u0643\u0646 \u0647\u0644 \u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u062c\u0627\u062d \u0647\u0628\u0627\u0621\u064b \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064b\u0627 \u0645\u0627\u060c \u0643\u0644\u0627. \u0625\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062b\u0627\u0628\u0631\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u064a \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0627\u062c\u062a\u0647\u0627\u062f \u0647\u0645 \u0645\u0641\u0627\u062a\u064a\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0646\u062c\u0627\u062d \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0635\u0648\u0644 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0642\u0645\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0647\u0631\u0645\u060c<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ibtdi_aa_focus_keyword":"","_ibtdi_aa_secondary_keywords":"","_ibtdi_aa_audience":"","_ibtdi_aa_tone":"","_ibtdi_aa_summary":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_name":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_bio":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_url":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewed_date":"","_ibtdi_aa_service_id":"","_ibtdi_aa_related_ids":"","_ibtdi_aa_human_reviewed":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable_links":"","_ibtdi_aa_sources":"","_ibtdi_aa_update_notes":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[491],"tags":[18086,783,18084,16029,18087,9987,18085],"class_list":["post-17501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-491","tag-18086","tag-783","tag-18084","tag-16029","tag-18087","tag-9987","tag-18085"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}