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 Real's Ronaldo world's second richest athlete Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the second best-paid sportsman in the world by US magazine Forbes, clocking up earnings of $80 million (€64 million) a year. https://www.thelocal.es/20141105/real-madrids-cristiano-ronaldo-worlds-second-richest-athlete-forbes Wed, 05 Nov 2014 13:11:00 +0100 real-madrids-cristiano-ronaldo-worlds-second-richest-athlete-forbes This man has the biggest tax bill in Spain Lionel Messi may have just been named the most valuable player at the World Cup in Brazil but that is unlikely to soften the blow of having to pay Spain's largest tax bill — a whopping €53 million ($71 million). https://www.thelocal.es/20140717/meet-lionel-messi-spains-biggest-tax-payer-barcelona Thu, 17 Jul 2014 19:18:00 +0200 meet-lionel-messi-spains-biggest-tax-payer-barcelona Zara boss Ortega named Europe's richest tycoon Amancio Ortega, the founder of Zara, has taken over the title of richest man in Europe from Ikea boss, Swede Ingvar Kamprad, according to the Swiss financial magazine Bilan. https://www.thelocal.es/20130711/zara-founder-named-europes-richest-tycoon Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:09:00 +0200 zara-founder-named-europes-richest-tycoon