2. Amancio Ortega

Amancio Ortega a mystery for press and public alike and a publicist's nightmare, is Spain's richest man and one of world's top 10. Ortega is so notoriously publicity shy that before his public appearance in 2001, hardly anyone outside his close circle had seen him. The same level of secrecy was maintained by every family member during his first marriage. He never granted any interviews despite number of mails to his Organisation HQ from all the prestigious publications. His story is a truly inspiring rags to rich story, he was born in abject poverty to a railroad worker and a housemaid.

He started as a delivery boy in a textile firm. He worked hard and learnt the basics of business overtime and eventually found success along with his wife when they co-founded ZARA. But, money never shifted his focus and he continued to work hard. He is a workaholic and likes to do his work himself and doesn't take vacations. Despite being owner of one of biggest fashion brand he likes to dress casually and does't give it too much attention.

He divorced his first wife in 1986 and has two children from that marriage, but his daughter from his second wife is considered to be his successor. He was decorated with "Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit" in 2009 and in 2001 he announced his retirement from position of chairperson of Inditex group. Ortega owns a luxury apartment complex in Miami and has real estate holdings in Madrid, Paris, London and Lisbon. He has a horse-jumping circuit and also has made investments in gas, tourism and banks.