Jerónimo Julio Arango Arias (1927 — 4 April 2020)[1][2] 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.
The Mexican chain was later renamed Walmex and became the starting point for Wal-Mart's expansion in Mexico.
By 1997 the Arango family decided to sell majority shareholding of CIFRA to Wal-Mart in a transaction worth over $2 billion.
Manuel, Jerónimo's brother is the president of the Mexican Center for Philanthropy as well for more than ten different non-profit organizations.
Manuel's wife, Marie-Therese Arango, is the president of the Mexican Folk Art Museum.