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Walmex Names Barrientos New CEO After Sudden Caride Resignation

Produce at a Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB store in Mexico City in April. — Produce at a Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB store in Mexico City in April.
Photographer: Mayolo Lopez Guiterrez/Bloomberg

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By Maria Clara Cobo

October 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM UTC

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Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB, the local unit of the US retailer, named Cristian Barrientos as its new chief executive officer, two months after Ignacio Caride unexpectedly resigned from the top job for personal reasons.