Zara Co-Founder (And All-Around Badass) Rosalia Mera Dies At 69

Rosalia Mera, one of Zara's co-founders, died last night after suffering a stroke while on vacation in Minorca. The 69-year-old force was the richest woman in Spain with a fortune estimated at $6.1 billion. Without ties to royalty or any inherited wealth (she started out as a seamstress in La Coruña), Mera was the wealthiest self-made woman, according to Forbes, and an all-around badass at that; she was a vocal opponent to conservative plans to curtail Spanish abortion laws and supporter of nat...