Carlos Abrams-Rivera
Carlos Abrams-Rivera is a Puerto Rican business executive, who was the CEO of Kraft Heinz from January 2024 to January 2026, when he was succeeded by Steve Cahillane.
He was born and raised in Puerto Rico. He earned a degree in economics in the US, then worked for two years as a government aide in Puerto Rico, and then earned an MBA from the University of Michigan in 1994.
Under Abrams-Rivera's leadership, Kraft Heinz's sales fell for seven straight quarters, and Kraft Heinz decided in September 2025 September to split into two companies, a global one focused on sauces, spreads and seasonings, and one selling grocery staples in North America, with Abrams-Rivera to head the latter. However, they later chose to replace him with Steve Cahillane, who had been CEO of Kellogg's.