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Inditex Chairwoman’s First Task: Overseeing Zara Without Russia

Marta Ortega will start her job as chairwoman of Inditex next month with an unenviable task: dealing without Russia, the Zara owner’s second-largest market in terms of stores.
Zara owner names founder’s daughter chairwoman in generational shift.
Zara-owner Inditex has over 500 stores in Russia. (Tim Van De Velde)

Marta Ortega will start her job as chairwoman of her father’s retail empire Inditex SA next month with an unenviable task: dealing without Russia, the Zara owner’s second-largest market in terms of stores.

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