Isak Andic, the founder and proprietor of the worldwide style model Mango, tragically handed away in a climbing accident on Saturday. The 71-year-old businessman, initially from Istanbul, slipped and fell from a 150-meter cliff whereas climbing along with his household close to the Montserrat caves, near Barcelona, in response to Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia.
A Legacy in Style
Andic, who moved to Catalonia from Turkey along with his household within the 1960s, based Mango in 1984, constructing it into one of many world’s most recognizable style manufacturers. Beneath his management, Mango expanded quickly, first opening shops throughout Spain after which branching out internationally, starting with Portugal and France. Right now, Mango has a presence in over 120 nations, with a turnover of three.1 billion euros in 2023. Roughly 33% of its enterprise comes from on-line gross sales.
Mango’s CEO, Toni Ruiz, expressed profound sorrow following Andic’s demise, stating, “His departure leaves an enormous void, however we’re all, not directly, his legacy and the testimony of his achievements. It’s as much as us to make sure that Mango continues to be the undertaking that Isak was formidable and happy with.”
Cesar de Vicente, Mango’s world retail director, remembered Andic’s distinctive imaginative and prescient for the model. “He noticed that we wanted coloration, model,” de Vicente mentioned in an interview with AFP in March 2024. His management and eye for style remodeled Mango into a worldwide powerhouse.
Andic’s Affect on Catalonia and the Style Business
With a internet price of $4.5 billion, Andic was serving as Mango’s non-executive chairman on the time of his demise. The pinnacle of Catalonia’s regional authorities, Salvador Illa, paid tribute to Andic as a businessman whose management “has contributed to creating Catalonia nice and projecting it to the world.” Illa additionally described Andic as somebody who left an “indelible mark on the Catalan and world style sector.
