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Isak Andic & family

Spain 72 years old Self-Made

Overview

Isak Andic is the founder and chairman of $3 billion (2022 sales) clothing retailer Mango.

The company has over 2,100 stores in 110 countries. Its international business makes up about three quarters of its revenue.

Andic opened his first clothing store in Barcelona in 1984, took the company international in 1992 and opened its 1,000th store in 2007.

His son and presumptive heir Jonathan Andic (b.1981) sits on the company's Board of Directors.

The media-shy entrepreneur was born in Istanbul in 1953, but his family moved to Barcelona in the 1960s.

He is an enthusiastic sailor and owns a 175-foot yacht called Nirvana Formentera.