Founder of Spanish clothing brand Mango dies in an accident

Isak Andic, 71 years old, founder and owner of the well-known fashion brand Mango, died today after falling into the Montserrat caves in Colibató, Catalonia, during a hike with family members. The entrepreneur was in the company of his son and wife when he slipped and fell from a height of 150 metres. It was the son who raised the alarm around 1 p.m. to the 112 emergency service, which activated the rescue teams. This was learned from the emergency services.

A great sportsman and world-famous for his pret-a-porter fashion multinational, Isak Andic was on an excursion to the famous saltpeter caves that he had made on other occasions, when he fell victim to an accident, report the Iberian media, including El Pais. During the hike, according to what his son explained to the patrols that arrived on the scene, the entrepreneur was ahead of his family members when they heard the sound of rocks falling and saw how Isak Andica was falling into the void, unable to hold on. Officers from the mountain units, who arrived on the scene by helicopter, managed to recover the lifeless body of the entrepreneur around 3.30 p.m. and transfer it to the Institute of Forensic Medicine of Catalonia, where it will undergo an autopsy.

Un negozio Mango a Barcellona. (Photo by LLUIS GENE / AFP)

Isal Andica created the Mango brand of the fashion empire that would make him world famous in 1984. Of Turkish origin, he had come to Spain as a teenager, opening his first shop in Barcelona's Paseo de Gracia. He was currently considered the richest man in Catalonia. "With deep sorrow we regret to communicate the unexpected and painful death of Isak Sandic, our founding non-executive chairman of Mango, in an accident on Saturday," the company's managing director, Toni Ruiz, reported in a note. "Isak was an example to us all. he dedicated his life to the Mango project, leaving an indelible imprint through his strategic vision, inspiring leadership and unwavering commitment to the values with which he imbued our company," he added. "His legacy reflects the outcomes of an entrepreneurial project marked by success, also because of his human quality, his closeness and the care and affection, which at all times he conveyed to the entire organisation," Ruiz also wrote in the text, with a commitment to "watch over so that Mango continues to be the ambitious project of which Isak felt proud".