Isak Andic, founder of Spanish fashion brand Mango, dies in accident, aged 71

BARCELONA, Spain — Isak Andic, the founder of Spanish fashion brand Mango, has died after suffering an accident, the corporation said on Saturday. He was 71.

“It is with deep remorse that we announce the unexpected death of Isak Andic, our non-executive chairman and founder of Mango, in an accident that occurred this Saturday,” Mango CEO Toni Ruiz said in a statement, without providing details.

Spanish information agency EFE and other media outlets, including La Vanguardia newspaper, said Andic died following a fall while hiking near Barcelona.

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez paid tribute to Andic on social media, lauding his “challenging work and business imagination that transformed a Spanish brand into a global fashion chief.”

Andic’s household moved from Turkey to Spain when he was youthful. He opened Mango’s first store in Barcelona in 1984 and over the following decades helped Mango develop into one of Europe’s leading quick fashion makers.

Mango has 2,700 stores in 120 markets around the globe. It set a corporation record of 3.1 billion euros ($3.2 billion) in sales in 2023. It is currently expanding in the U.S. and plans to have 65 stores there by the complete of 2025.