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Rosalía Mera

1944 - 2013

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Rosalía Mera Goyenechea (28 January 1944 – 15 August 2013) was a Spanish businesswoman and entrepreneur. At the time of her death, she was the richest woman in Spain and the world's richest self-made woman. In 1975, she co-founded the Zara retail chain with her then-husband Amancio Ortega Gaona. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rosalía Mera has received more than 614,957 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Rosalía Mera is the 209th most popular businessperson (up from 233rd in 2019), the 656th most popular biography from Spain (up from 696th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Spanish Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 610k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Rosalía Mera ranks 209 out of 847. Before her are Terry Gou, Vidal Sassoon, Hans Wilsdorf, George Gallup, Adriano Galliani, and Louis Réard. After her are Edoardo Agnelli, Larry Fink, Ratan Tata, Marcel Bich, Rinat Akhmetov, and David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Rosalía Mera ranks 180. Before her are Adriano Galliani, John Newcombe, António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Christine Chubbuck, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and Alvin Lee. After her are Jacques Doillon, Michael Rosbash, Ton Koopman, Craig T. Nelson, Pierre Deligne, and Kim Yong-il. Among people deceased in 2013, Rosalía Mera ranks 108. Before her are Ray Harryhausen, Taihō Kōki, Frederik Pohl, Deanna Durbin, Tuncel Kurtiz, and Alvin Lee. After her are Colin Wilson, Dokka Umarov, Bernadette Lafont, Zillur Rahman, Pietro Mennea, and Yevdokiya Mekshilo.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Rosalía Mera ranks 656 out of 3,355. Before her are Juan Antonio Bardem (1922), Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (1076), Paulo da Gama (1465), Lina Romay (1954), Francisco Herrera the Elder (1576), and Abbot Oliba (971). After her are Eleanor of Castile (1191), Ibn 'Abd al-Barr (978), Abd al-Rahman V (1001), Julio González (1876), Luis de León (1527), and José de Espronceda (1808).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Spain

Among businesspeople born in Spain, Rosalía Mera ranks 6. Before her are Florentino Pérez (1947), Amancio Ortega (1936), Eusebi Güell (1846), Joan Laporta (1962), and Lorenzo Sanz (1943). After her are Josep Lluís Núñez (1931), Josep Maria Bartomeu (1963), Ramón Calderón (1951), Joseph Oller (1839), Ana Botín (1960), and Manolo el del bombo (1949).

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