Chairman and CEO of Inditex since 2011. He has been the Deputy Chairman and CEO since 2005.
He is a graduate in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid and Abogado del Estado (State lawyer).
From 1992 to 1996 he was Director of Legal Services for Banco Popular. He went on to be appointed General Director of State Assests at the Ministry of Economy and Finances.
From July 2000 to 2005 he was Chairman of Altadis group.
Likewise, he sits on the Board of Directors of Telefónica, S.A.
He was re-elected to the Board of Directors by the AGM held on 13 July 2010 and 14 July 2015.
He holds 1,805,320 shares in the company.