 Ortega earned a degree in psychology from the University of Santiago de Compostela.On her mother Rosalía Mera's death in 2013, Ortega inherited her 7% stake in Inditex, as her brother Marcos was born with cerebral palsy, and became Spain's richest woman with a net worth of $7.3 billion.Ortega spends time working with the foundation her mother founded for those with mental and physical disabilities, Fundación Paideia Galiza.