Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI) is a multinational

Multinational corporation

A multi national corporation or enterprise , is a corporation or an enterprise that manages production or delivers services in more than one country. It can also be referred to as an international corporation...

 agro-industrial corporation based in Guatemala

Guatemala

Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

. The firm was originally founded as a family business

Family business

A family business is a business in which one or more members of one or more families have a significant ownership interest and significant commitments toward the business’ overall well-being....

 by Juan Bautista Gutierrez in the 1920s, and according to an article in El Diario de Hoy

El Diario de Hoy

El Diario de Hoy is a national newspaper published in San Salvador, El Salvador, one of the two dailies of highest circulation in the Central American country...

, one of the largest circulating newspapers in El Salvador, is one of the most powerful corporations in Central America

Central America

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. CMI currently comprises over 300 companies and now accounts for more than 30,000 employees, operating in 14 countries within six divisions:

• wheat
  Wheat
  Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...
  
   milling
  Mill (grinding)
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  , which produces and distributes flour
  Flour
  Flour is a powder which is made by grinding cereal grains, other seeds or roots . It is the main ingredient of bread, which is a staple food for many cultures, making the availability of adequate supplies of flour a major economic and political issue at various times throughout history...
  
  , pasta
  Pasta
  Pasta is a staple food of traditional Italian cuisine, now of worldwide renown. It takes the form of unleavened dough, made in Italy, mostly of durum wheat , water and sometimes eggs. Pasta comes in a variety of different shapes that serve for both decoration and to act as a carrier for the...
  
  , cookies and packaging materials;
• poultry
  Poultry
  Poultry are domesticated birds kept by humans for the purpose of producing eggs, meat, and/or feathers. These most typically are members of the superorder Galloanserae , especially the order Galliformes and the family Anatidae , commonly known as "waterfowl"...
  
   and processed meats, which produces and distributes poultry
  Poultry
  Poultry are domesticated birds kept by humans for the purpose of producing eggs, meat, and/or feathers. These most typically are members of the superorder Galloanserae , especially the order Galliformes and the family Anatidae , commonly known as "waterfowl"...
  
  , pork
  Pork
  Pork is the culinary name for meat from the domestic pig , which is eaten in many countries. It is one of the most commonly consumed meats worldwide, with evidence of pig husbandry dating back to 5000 BC....
  
   products and animal foods;
• fast food, which includes Pollo Campero
  Pollo Campero
  Campero International, S.A., operating as Pollo Campero, is the largest fast food chain in the continent of Americas and one of the world's largest fast food chains in the fried chicken market...
  
  , a fried chicken fast food chain with more than 220 restaurants in 10 countries;
• construction, which develops and builds housing projects, office buildings and shopping malls;
• finance, which includes banking and financial services; and
• infrastructure, which is involved with hydroelectric power generation plants.

Juan Luis Bosch Gutierrez

Juan Luis Bosch Gutierrez

Juan Luis Bosch Gutierrez was born in Guatemala. He is Co-President of Corporación Multi Inversiones , a large agro-industrial conglomerate which according to an article in El Diario de Hoy, one of the largest circulating newspapers in El Salvador, is one of the most powerful corporations in...

 and Dionisio Gutierrez Mayorga

Dionisio Gutierrez Mayorga

Dionisio Gutierrez Mayorga was born in Guatemala and was recently listed by Revista Summa as one of the 100 most important businessmen in Latin America. He is Co-President of Corporación Multi Inversiones , a large agro-industrial conglomerate which is one of the most powerful corporations in...

 currently lead CMI as co-presidents of the company, and comprise the governing body of the organization, together with Juan Jose Gutierrez

Juan José Gutiérrez

Juan José Gutiérrez Mayorga is a member of the board of Corporación Multi Inversiones , a large agro-industrial conglomerate which, according to an article in El Diario de Hoy, is one of the largest circulating newspapers in El Salvador, and one of the most powerful corporations in Central America...

 and Felipe Bosch Gutierrez.

External links

• Corporación Multi Inversiones web site (English language)