The Local Spain https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spanish fashion tycoon overtakes Bill Gates to top world's rich list Zara co-founder Amancio Ortega surpassed Bill Gates as the world's richest man on Friday by nearly $2 billion, according to Forbes magazine's real-time calculator. https://www.thelocal.es/20151023/spanish-fashion-tycoon-beats-out-bill-gates-to-become-worlds-richest-man Fri, 23 Oct 2015 14:17:23 +0200 spanish-fashion-tycoon-beats-out-bill-gates-to-become-worlds-richest-man Bill Gates deal boosts Spain's building sector US software billionaire Bill Gates has given Spain’s ailing construction industry a boost by investing a small share of his €50 billion ($67 billion) fortune in Barcelona-based company Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC). https://www.thelocal.es/20131022/huge-bill-gates-deal-boosts-spains-building-sector Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:31:00 +0200 huge-bill-gates-deal-boosts-spains-building-sector Rich List: Zara chief hits global top three The recession ravaging Spain's economy has not held back Amancio Ortega, who has just leaped to third place in Forbes magazine's listing of the richest people in the world after raking in a whopping €28.7 billion in 2012. https://www.thelocal.es/20130305/rich-list-zara-chief-ortega-hits-top-three Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:10:00 +0100 rich-list-zara-chief-ortega-hits-top-three