Jonathan Andic grew up within Mango long before occupying an office at the top of the group. He was the eldest son of Isak Andic, the founder who built one of the largest European fashion empires from Catalonia, but those who dealt with him in those years remember a discreet executive, more comfortable in creative and product teams than in the corporate front line. He studied Audiovisual Communication in the United States and later completed his training with an MBA at IESE, before formally joining the family business in 2005.
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His career soon became linked to Mango Man, the company’s men’s line. There he built much of his professional profile and took on responsibilities related to design, image, and international expansion. For years he was considered the natural heir of the group. In 2012 he was promoted to vice president and joined the board of directors, in a move that within the sector was interpreted as the start of the generational change in the Catalan multinational. “He is like a drop of water from me,” Isak Andic said proudly at the time.
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But the succession did not go as planned. When the Turkish-born businessman began to partially withdraw from daily management and gave space to his son, Mango went through a complex stage. The company lost part of its commercial identity and the group entered losses for the first time. This situation led the founder to abandon his sabbatical year to sail around the world on his sailboat and return to Mango to take back the reins.
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One of the first decisions Isak Andic made was to remove Jonathan from the executive front line so that he could focus on his work at Mango Man. At the same time, he hired Toni Ruiz, then an executive at Leroy Merlin in France, to join as financial director. In a short time, the business recovered and Toni Ruiz was promoted first to general director and later to CEO.
That transition left wounds within the business and family environment, but they have since been overcome. The relationship between Jonathan Andic and his father recovered and was good and solid, according to knowledgeable sources. Married to influencer Paula Nata, Jonathan Andic is a father of one child and has focused since his father’s death on his role as a Mango shareholder.
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