Dionisio Gutierrez Mayorga - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Dionisio Gutierrez Mayorga (born 1959) was born 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...

and was recently listed by Revista Summa as one of the 100 most important businessmen in Latin America

Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

. He is Co-President of Corporación Multi Inversiones

Corporación Multi Inversiones

Corporación Multi Inversiones is a multinational agro-industrial corporation based in Guatemala. The firm was originally founded as a family business by Juan Bautista Gutierrez in the 1920s, and according to an article in El Diario de Hoy, one of the largest circulating newspapers in El Salvador,...

(CMI), a large agro-industrial conglomerate which is one of the most powerful corporations in Central America

Central America

Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...

. Founded in 1920, CMI now accounts for more than 30,000 employees, operating in 14 countries within six divisions: poultry and pork; 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...

fast food restaurants; flour mills, pasta and cookie production; construction; power generation; and financial services.

Mr. Gutierrez, who has a doctorate in sociology and political science from the University of Salamanca, is a past president of the Free Enterprise Chamber (Cámara de la Libre Empresa), as well as the director and host of “Libre Encuentro,” a discussion and information television program broadcast in Guatemala for over 16 years and syndicated in other areas of Latin America and the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. Mr. Gutierrez writes a weekly column in Siglo Veintiuno
Siglo Veintiuno
Siglo Veintiuno is an important Guatemalan newspaper. It was founded in 1990 by José Rubén Zamora.-External links:*http://www.sigloxxi.com/...

, one of the leading newspapers in Guatemala and in América Economía

América Economía

América Economía is a Latin American magazine founded in 1986 by Chilean Elías Selman and Swedish Nils Strandberg.The 1980s was considered the lost decade in Latin America but Selman and Strandberg decided to take risk and create the first Latin American business magazine.Since 1986 AméricaEconomía...

, the first business publication in Latin America. He holds a chair at the Board of Trustees of Universidad Francisco Marroquin

Universidad Francisco Marroquín

Universidad Francisco Marroquín is a private, secular, university in Guatemala City, Guatemala. According to the school's website, "the mission of Universidad Francisco Marroquín is to teach and disseminate the ethical, legal and economic principles of a sociey of free and responsible persons."...

. Mr. Gutierrez is a member of the G-50

Group of Fifty

The Group of Fifty is a non-profit, non-partisan initiative based in Washington D.C., USA, that is primarily concerned with fostering more openness between business leaders and promoting economic development and social progress in the Western Hemisphere.-Overview and Activities:The Group of Fifty ...

Group and the Council of the Americas

Council of the Americas

Council of the Americas is an American business organization whose goal is promoting free trade, democracy and open markets throughout the Americas. This includes Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, as well as South America. Its members share a common commitment to economic and social development,...

. He is one of the founders of the Juan Bautista Gutierrez Foundation (Fundación Juan Bautista Gutierrez), the philanthropic arm of the Gutierrez family group, and the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

has recognized his work in organizing important relief efforts for poor families and orphans in Guatemala, including the transportation of food, physicians and medical supplies to those in need.

On Sunday, October 17, 2010 Mr. Gutierrez announced that due to political persecution and threatens against his life he was going to leave Guatemala. News reported that Mr. Gutierrez had a direct confrontation with Alvaro Colom

Álvaro Colom

Álvaro Colom Caballeros is the President of Guatemala for the 2008–2012 term and leader of the social-democratic National Unity of Hope .-Early years:...

, President of Guatemala

Guatemala

, and his wife a week before at the Encounter of Guatemalan Entrepreneurs (ENADE, Encuentro Nacional de Empresarios) celebrated in Guatemala City

Guatemala City

Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America...

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