Mango founder’s son detained over father’s mountain death
Billionaire Isak Andic died while hiking with son Jonathan in 2024
The son of Mango founder Isak Andic has been detained by police in Spain over an investigation into his billionaire father’s death during a mountain hike in 2024.
Jonathan Andic, who was the Spanish fashion retailer’s chief executive during an unsuccessful stint in the mid-2010s, was taken into custody on Tuesday, police in Catalonia confirmed.
He had already been placed under investigation in connection with the possible murder of his father, who plunged to his death in December 2024 when the two were hiking alone in the Catalan mountains.
Isak Andic, who was born in Turkey, was Mango’s non-executive chair and, according to Forbes, was one of Spain’s wealthiest people with a fortune of €4.5bn when he died at the age of 71.
Jonathan Andic and his two sisters own 95 per cent of Mango, with the remaining 5 per cent in the hands of Toni Ruiz, its chief executive. Jonathan has a seat on the company’s board but no executive role.
The entrepreneur founded the business that became Mango as a blouse importer in Catalonia in the 1970s. He turned it into a global empire with annual sales of €3.8bn in 2025, second in size in the Spanish fashion business only to Zara-owner Inditex.
The Andic family has consistently maintained that the 100 metre fall that led to Isak Andic’s death was accidental.
In a statement on Tuesday, the Andic family said: “Jonathan Andic has been requested to provide a statement relating to the accident of 14 December 2024. He continues to co-operate fully with judicial proceedings. This process remains under judicial secrecy, we have nothing further to say at this time.”