International expansion and diversification strategy of Amancio Ortega investor arm He is marking a milestone in the European real estate sector. So much so that the latest financial information places its real estate, Pontegadea, surpassing Inditex in profitability.
The strategic turn of Ortega Empire The magnitude of the Pontegadea assets has already raised that it has already become the Real estate with greater value in Spainand has settled the foundations to become the most powerful in Europe in the coming years.
Pontegadea: the new Lencio Ortega locomotive
The founder of Inditex has taken less than two decades to convert his second company into A real estate empire. His modus operandi is relatively simple: use The annual dividends which provides you with 59.29% of Inditex shares, to buy office buildings, premises in strategic locations for Inditex stores, luxury residential buildings, logistics and logistics centers Even hotels.
Since Inditex dividends ascend Several billions Annual, Pontegadea has dedicated the last decades to Buy strategic buildings all over the world. The key to everything is that, upon receiving every year A generous check Inditex, Pontegadea does not need to depend on bank loans to make your real estate purchases. 0% debt 100% advantages.
In what we have been in 2025, the company has invested 800 million dollars in acquiring new buildings. However, unlike Investment fundsPontegadea does not base your business on obtaining profitability of the surplus value of the sale of these properties, but of becoming the landlord of companies such as Apple, AmazonSpotify and even the main competitor of your textile empire: Primark.
Profitability record in 2024
According The published by The economistAmancio Ortega’s holding registered a net benefit of 9,322 million euros in the exercise of 2024. This increase represents a increase of 17.3% with respect to the previous year, placing the group at the head of Spanish patrimonial societies.
According to data of Expansion, Obtained from the accounts deposited in the Mercantile Registry, Pontegadea declared consolidated income of 43,125 million euros, growing 8.7% compared to 2023. Total assets, that is, the value of the buildings owned by Pontegadea, its renewable energy business and of Inditex’s shares, exceed 110,615 million euros, which represents an annual increase of 9.3%.
For its part, Inditex has also presented historical figuresalthough a little more contained than their investors expected. The company directed by Marta Ortegayoungest daughter of the founder, He scored a benefit Net of 5,866 million euros In 2024, which is 9% more than the previous year.
Although the good results of both companies in 2024 were excellent, the benefit of Pontegadea was 62.9% higher than the total that Inditex obtained, which shows Cycle change and the strength of the patrimonial sector in the investment portfolio of Amancio Ortega.
Next objective: Europe
During the last two decades, Pontegadea has been managing the properties he was buying around the world from the local subsidiaries that the company has created in Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, France, France, USA or luxembourg.
However, a complete redesign of its structure has just executed to centralize all assets management of Europe, Canada and the USA In his Luxembourg subsidiarywhich becomes the control center of all assets. The only exception is the assets that manage the subsidiaries of Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom, which continue to be independent.
This process aims Banke Hotel Purchases from Paris for 97 million euros and the Banco Sabadell offices building in Miami for 235 million euros more.
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