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The Top 10 Richest People in Fashion 2017

London - The fashion industry may be an ever-changing industry, but one aspect has remained constant over the past decade - the influence of fast-fashion retailer Zara. The man behind the world’s leading fashion company Inditex, Amancio Ortega, transformed the industry’s mass-market model for good with the launch of his famed fast-fashion chain...

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Rich List 2017: 3 Rising Billionaires making their Fortune in Fashion

It is no big secret that Amancio Ortega, the man behind fashion giant Inditex, is the richest man in the fashion industry. Currently ranked as the 4th richest man in the world, the Spaniard is worth 71.3 billion US dollars - 15.3 billion US dollars more than Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, according to Forbes's Billionaires list. Ortega...

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Rich List: Jeff Bezos CEO of Amazon enjoys best year ever

London - It may have been a difficult year for some, but for Jeff Bezos, CEO of online giant Amazon, it was his best year yet - at least in terms of money. No other billionaire in the world saw their fortunes increase like Bezos, who saw his net worth grow by a staggering 27.6 billion dollars - more than the total net worth of all but the top 24...

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Rich List: Top 10 Billionaires in Fashion 2017

The fashion industry is an ever-changing sector where anything goes. One year, your brand could be the most coveted and desirable it-brand, the next year it could be on the brink of bankruptcy. However, there are a few famed fashion houses and retailers who have fought against the odds and continue to deliver designs that satisfy their consumers...

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Interactive Chart: Top 10 Richest People in Fashion of 2016

London - As the end of the year draws ever closer, FashionUnited takes a moment to reflect back on 2016. Fashion has always been a big business, but this year saw some of the richest individuals working in fashion become even richer, in spite of economical and political uncertainties sweeping across the globe. Unsurprisingly, the title of the...

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Fashion’s Wealthiest: Top 10 Richest People of 2016

London - “I think that fashion has become such a big business and with globalisation we are on new territory at this point. We are not just designing for a country we are designing for a world now,” said American fashion designer Anna Sui in an interview with CNN in 2006. Ten years later, and the business of fashion continues to boom. Fashion is...

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The richest in fashion top 200

Not only is the fashion industry one of the world's greatest environments to work in, it is also an industry in which you can become very rich. The FashionUnited Top200 most wealthiest fashion professionals lists 200 people who have made at least 70 million US$ (Rs 364crores) up to 41 billion US$ (Rs 2,13,607 crores) while working in fashion....