That has been based on thephenomenal success of his company, which has grown its profits for 12 straight quarters after moving into emerging markets and reducing its dependence on Spain, where unemployment is above 20 percent.

The son of a railway worker, Mr Ortega was born in Busdongo de Arbás, León, and lived his childhood in León. Starting his career as a gofer in various shirt stores in La Coruña, Galicia, in 1972 he founded Confecciones Goa (his initials in reverse), which made bathrobes.

In 1975 he opened the first store in what would grow into the enormously popular chain of fashion stores called Zara.

Despite his great wealth - or perhaps because of it - Mr Ortega lives in a discreet apartment in La Coruna and is said to prefer to keep a very low profile.

Zara服装连锁店老总、时尚教主阿曼西奥•奥特加取代沃伦•巴菲特成为世界第三首富，身家达300亿英镑。

昨天，零售业巨头Inditex集团的股票上涨了3.8%, 其收盘价创历史新高，使得这位76岁的西班牙人财富净增约10亿英镑，将“奥马哈先知”巴菲特赶下了第三位宝座。

消息传来时，西班牙正竭力应对国内高达20%的失业率，而备受攻击的西班牙政府似乎离向欧盟请求紧急援助的日子也不远了。

据估计奥特加目前的财富约有297亿英镑，以微弱优势将资产291亿英镑的慈善家巴菲特挤出前三位。巴菲特现任伯克希尔•哈撒韦保险公司总裁。

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