He founded the Inditex fashion group, which includes popular chains like Zara.
He worked at a shirt shop in downtown La Coruña in his teenage years.
His company employed over 92,000 people, and in 2013, he was ranked the third-richest person on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
He married Flora Perez in 2001.
He and Bill Gates were among the wealthiest people of their time.
