Founder of Zara, Amancio Ortega, has mysteriously become the second richest person in the world, edging out Jeff Bezos.
According to Forbes, Ortega’s net worth is $85.5 billion, compared to Bezos’ estimated net worth of $84.6 billion.
Ortega claimed the No. 2 spot on the list of the world’s richest people on Tuesday, Forbes reported.
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos – who just last week beat out Bill Gates to briefly claim the title of the richest man in the world – dropped to the No. 3 position.
Bezos’ drop is due to Amazon stock fluctuations, as the ecommerce company’s stock has fallen nearly 5% since last Thursday.
Despite Ortega’s enormous wealth, many people have never heard of him, MSNreports.
Ortega is an incredibly private man, is rarely seen in public, and has given just a handful of interviews throughout his incredibly successful career.
That career began when Ortega founded fast-fashion giant Zara with his then-wife Rosalia in 1975.
Today, his retail company Inditex SA – which owns Zara, Massimo Dutti, and Pull&Bear – has 7,385 outposts around the world.