Dionisio Gutierrez Mayorga

Dionisio Gutierrez Mayorga (born 1959) 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 (CMI), a large agro-industrial conglomerate which is one of the most powerful corporations in Central America. Founded in 1920, CMI now accounts for more than 30,000 employees, operating in 14 countries within six divisions: poultry and pork; Pollo Campero 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. Mr. Gutierrez writes a weekly column in Siglo Veintiuno, one of the leading newspapers in Guatemala and in América Economía, the first business publication in Latin America. He holds a chair at the Board of Trustees of Universidad Francisco Marroquin. Mr. Gutierrez is a member of the G-50 Group and the Council of the Americas. 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 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, President of Guatemala, and his wife a week before at the Encounter of Guatemalan Entrepreneurs (ENADE, Encuentro Nacional de Empresarios) celebrated in Guatemala City.

External links

• Libre Encuentro
• Video of Dionisio Gutierrez interviewing Jose María Aznar, former President of Spain, in his program Libre Encuentro. November 18, 2007
• Revista Summa article - Especial 100 Empresarios
• Corporacion Multi Inversiones website
• El Diario de Hoy article discussing CMI's size and its involvement with the construction of the Mall Pradera Concepción
• Prensa Libre article regarding CMI's expansion into Costa Rica through its purchase of Propokodusa
• Pollo Campero website
• Prensa Libre August 2006 interview with Dionisio Gutierrez
• América Economía website
• Siglo XXI article regarding Fundación Juan Bautista Gutierrez
• BBC Article regarding Dionisio Gutierrez's work in organizing relief efforts for poor families and orphans in Guatemala
• Prensa Libre November 2004 interview with Dionisio Gutierrez
• Siglo XXI article regarding Pollo Campero’s efforts to help children with cancer

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Name	Gutierrez Mayorga, Dionisio
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Date of birth	1959
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