Profil Financier
Hortensia Herrero occupe actuellement le rang #676 du classement mondial StarFortune (secteur luxe, mode & beauté). Fortune nette estimée : $6.1 B (+$190 sur 24h).
Hortensia Herrero owns nearly 28% of Mercadona, the Spanish supermarket chain she helped build with her husband Juan Roig (also a billionaire).
Herrero, who serves as vice president, was part of the group that bought the company from Roig's father back in 1981, when it had 8 small stores.
Herrero and Roig's four daughters are board members of Mercadona; Roig's brother Fernando is also a shareholder and billionaire.
She is president of the Hortensia Herrero Foundation, which has been promoting interest in art and culture through a range of projects since 2012.
She is one of Spain's leading art collectors, whose contemporary art collection gave rise to the Hortensia Herrero Art Centre in Valencia.
She met Juan Roig at the University of Valencia, where both studied economics.
Herrero has spent at least $10 million to restore historic Valencia, Spain, where she and Roig live.