Rosalía Mera

Assets At the time of her death, Mera's fortune was valued at $6.1 billion (€4.6 billion). Her primary asset was a 6.99% stake in Inditex (representing 31.4 million shares valued at €3.2 billion), held through the investment vehicle Rosp Corunna Participaciones Empresariales, S.L. This entity also controlled a 5% stake in the pharmaceutical research company Zeltia, valued at €28.8 million.

Mera channeled her investments through two investment companies (SICAVs): Breixo Inversiones (with assets of approximately €200 million) and Soandres de Activos (with €350 million in assets). On economic policy, she opposed austerity cutbacks to Spain's national healthcare and education programmes, stating: "If we haggle over health, childhood, or education, we are doing ourselves a great disservice". The foundation, based in A Coruña, was created to support children with disabilities, inspired by Mera's personal experience as the mother of a son with cerebral palsy. and a son Marcos in 1971, who was born with cerebral palsy. Inditex confirmed Mera's death on 16 August 2013, stating "The group wishes to send its sincere condolences to her loved ones and friends at this extremely difficult time, after the loss of a person who contributed so much to the origins and development of the company."

Her daughter Sandra Ortega Mera inherited her wealth, and became Spain's richest woman with a net wealth of $6.1 billion.