www.negociosnow.com
18 March 2022
Age: 38
Title: CFO
Name of Organization: Enriquez
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Yadira Enriquez is the CFO
of Enriquez Produce Inc., a
wholesale produce distribu-
tion company founded by
Pablo and Agustina Enriquez,
her parents, in 1989.
She is proud to have grown
up in Pilsen because her up-
bringing offered a unique pers-
pective of the resilience and
grit of the Mexican commu-
nity in Chicago. This gave her
foundational values she carries
today, committed to develop-
ment and growth not only for
herself but for those around
her, for the organization and,
most importantly, for her team.
As a first-generation Lati-
na, Enriquez understands that
it takes boundless dedication,
sound work ethics, persistence
and resourcefulness to grow a
company into a successful or-
ganization. Seeing her parents
start with an outdoor food
stand in the Maxwell Street
Market and now lead a com-
pany with over 79,000 square
feet of space was the best edu-
cation in entrepreneurship
she could have received.
After living abroad for
nine years and taking time to
raise her three children, she
rejoined the family business
full-time in 2019. She brings
a wealth of knowledge in hu-
man resources, team building,
communication, problem
solving and business mana-
gement. She especially enjoys
finding opportunities to build
strategic partnerships in order
to obtain efficiency and im-
proved workflow.
Enriquez holds a bachelor's
degree in international com-
merce specializing in agricul-
tural business from ITESM
(Tec de Monterrey) in Mexico,
and a certification from the
Stanford Latino Entrepreneur-
ship Initiative Program. She is
currently earning her MBA at
EGADE Business School of Tec
de Monterrey and is halfway
through a yearlong leadership
development program.
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Yadira Enriquez
WORDS OF WISDOM:
"Y
ou must understand who you
are, it is in your uniqueness,
in your ability to bring all pieces of
you to the table that you will shine."
Osato Chitou
