Marta Ortega Pérez (born 1984), daughter of Amancio Ortega, was appointed chair of Inditex in December 2021, succeeding Pablo Isla who had held the position of chair and CEO since 2011. In April 2022, she assumed the presidency of the company. Ortega pursued her studies in La Coruña and completed her baccalaureate in Switzerland. She later attended the European business school at the University of London, specializing in international entrepreneurship and graduated in 2007. That same year, she began working at Inditex, starting at the Zara store in Chelsea, London, and subsequently moving through various locations and departments within the company. She currently works at the Inditex headquarters in Arteixo, Spain, in the women’s product and design department alongside Beatriz Padín. In Arteixo, Ortega collaborates closely with her father, Amancio Ortega, the founder of Inditex, to innovate new communication strategies with the public. She has been a member of the board of directors of the Amancio Ortega Foundation since 2015. The foundation’s scholarship program was adapted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic following an agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In November 2021, it was announced that she would become the president of Inditex on April 1, replacing Pablo Isla. Her appointment initially led to a significant drop in the company’s share price. In her role, she is expected to address issues related to the company’s labor practices and environmental impact. In 2023, she was ranked 32nd on Fortune’s list of Most Powerful Women.Ortega has two children, a son and a daughter. She was previously married to Sergio Álvarez Moya, with whom she had her son, and is currently married to Carlos Torretta, a public relations employee at Inditex, with whom she has a daughter born in 2020. For her wedding to Torretta, she chose a Valentino gown.