Hortensia Herrero, much more than Juan Roig's wife and owner of Mercadona

At 71, Juan Roig ended 2020 with excellent news: his fortune had increased to €4.1 billion – €1.4 billion more than the previous year . This propelled the Mercadona president into the ranks of Spain’s richest people, securing third place on the Forbes list, behind Amancio Ortega and Ortega’s eldest daughter, Sandra – he had ranked fifth the previous year. While his business acumen consistently attracts media attention, the family life of this supermarket magnate, who built his empire after acquiring his parents’ butcher shops in 1981, remains relatively unknown.