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 Jeronimo Arango, The World's Richest People - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Born in Spain, Arango studied art and literature in the U.S. but never earned a college degree.
His Cifra retail chain joined forces with Wal-Mart in the early nineties and was later bought out and renamed Wal-Mart de Mexico (known as Wal-Mex).
Although Arango is no longer involved with either company, he's profiting from Wal-Mex's growth.
www.forbes.com /lists/2006/10/918F.html   (122 words)

  
 50 years of Record Houses | mid-May, 1977
Jeronimo Arango as a weekend retreat for themselves and their four children.
Boulders thrust their way inside to become bedroom walls; the upper level is cantilevered out from the hill to block out lights from houses below and to give occupants the impression they’re walking on air between the sky and the bay.
That project never went beyond schematic design, but the family still owns the house by the bay, a feast for the senses as fresh today as it was 30 years ago.
www.architecturalrecord.com /recordHouses50/02_1977.asp   (478 words)

  
 Cifra Wal-Mart | News
Jeronimo Arango, who since the founding of the Company in 1958 has been the Chairman of the Board, will remain active in the affairs of the Company, as a member of the Board of Directors of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., majority shareholder of Cifra.
“We also recognize the special contribution of Jeronimo Arango who has meant so much to the development of retail in Mexico and throughout the world.
We are fortunate to have Jeronimo as a member of the Wal-Mart board of directors, and we look forward to his continuing contribution to the growth and strategic direction of our company”.”
www.walmartmexico.com.mx /prenac1i.html   (664 words)

  
 Untitled Document
In 1997, Wal-Mart named Jeronimo Arango of Mexico City to its Board of Directors.
He is the founder, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer of CIFRA – one of Mexico's major retail chains.
Arango is well recognized for his development of CIFRA and considered a major contributor to Mexico's retail development.
www.estradausa.com /mr/walmr61798.htm   (502 words)

  
 VDARE.com: 05/10/06 - Memo From Mexico: Meet The World’s Third-Richest Man—And The Nine Other Mexican Billionaires
Spanish-born Jeronimo Arango is a self-made retailer whose retail chain Cifra partnered with Wal-mart in the early nineties.
Arango cashed in, left the company but kept a lot of stock, and is now worth $4.6 billion.
There are currently over 700 Wal-marts in Mexico, and last year its stock rose 44 percent.
www.vdare.com /awall/060510_memo.htm   (1372 words)

  
 Human Environment and Design
Cifra first opened its doors in 1958 as a hypermarket and has grown into a company with well over three-hundred stores and restaurants located throughout
It was founded by Jeronimo Arango who was inspired by a New York discount department store.
Arango, with his two brothers and $250,000 borrowed from their father, opened Aurrera Bolivar in downtown Mexico City.
www.hed.msu.edu /internationalretailing/company/Cifra/index.html   (206 words)

  
 Publius Pundit - Blogging the democratic revolution
There is nothing wrong with Wal-Mart but there ought to be room for more than Wal-Mart in a giant country of over 100 million people like Mexico.
Wal-Mex is owned by a billionaire named Jeronimo Arango who’s worth over $10 billion in provable assets, according to Forbes.
His wealth is not a problem but the fact that nobody else is wealthy signals that somebody is being shut out.
www.publiuspundit.com /?p=2561   (1506 words)

  
 Pomona College : Faculty Employment Opportunities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Open to all students, a prize for the best essay on the role of Christianity in cross-cultural encounters.
A prize established by Jeronimo Arango, Jr., is awarded annually to one or two students for summer research in Spain on some aspect of Spanish history, economics, politics, or international relations.
A fund established in 1986 by friends and colleagues to honor Phyllis Johnson ’59, Professor of French from 1964 to 1985, provides an award each year to an outstanding senior in the study of French.
www.pomona.edu /ADWR/AcademicDean/workingwithstudents/awards.shtml   (3201 words)

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