Jerónimo Arango
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Jerónimo Arango Jerónimo Arango co-founded Aurrerá, the discount retail chain that eventually partnered with Walmart to create Walmart de México (Walmex), the country's largest private employer. His vision of affordable mass-market retail fundamentally changed the landscape of commerce in Mexico before his death in 2021.
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Jerónimo Julio Arango Arias was a Mexican billionaire businessman, co-founder of the Aurrerá supermarket chain, with his younger brothers, Manuel and Plácido, known for a long time as three of Mexico's wealthiest men. His net worth was estimated at US$4.6 billion in 2006 by Forbes.
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This profile section is complemented from Wikipedia for Jerónimo Arango. Mexican businessman (1927–2020)
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