Juan Luis Bosch Gutiérrez is a Guatemalan businessman, a grandson of Spanish-born businessman

Juan Bautista Gutiérrez Juan Bautista Gutiérrez Blanco (14 June 1896 – November 1978) was a Spanish-Guatemalan businessman. He founded the Guatemalan company Corporación Multi Inversiones, as well as its philanthropic organization, Juan Bautista Gutiérrez Foundat ...

as well as a son of Alfonso Bosch and Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch, the late chairwoman of the '' Fundación Juan Bautista Gutiérrez''. He is married to Elvira Molina de Bosch and has 4 children. He is the chairman of CMI Capital, a part of CMI (''

Corporación Multi Inversiones Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI; Spanish for ''Multi Investment Corporation'') is a Multinational corporation, multinational agro-industrial corporation based in Guatemala. The firm was founded as a family business by Juan Bautista Gutiérrez ...

''), a family multi-Latin corporation founded in

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in 1920. CMI currently employs over 40,000 people in 16 countries in 2 continents, creating investment, jobs, and development in the region. During over 45 years, Juan Luis Bosch has led the corporation's growth and expansion strategies. He is currently a member of the board of directors of
Banco Industrial
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a leading Ecuadorian food producer and distributor. In 2021, he was recognized as "Distinguished Industrial" by the Chamber of Industry of Guatemala, and in 2022, he was selected as Manager of the Year by the Association of Managers of Guatemala, an award that has been given since 2005. Together with Juan José Gutiérrez Mayorga, they have guided the strategic vision of

for over 45 years. Bosh Gutiérrez is part of the third generation in charge of the family business. "My grandfather had a true devotion to spending time with his grandchildren. As we grew up and learned to drive, there was always one of us acting as his chauffeur, his secretary, and he always talked to us about principles. He used to say that one should go to work content, but when one leaves, one should be happy, happy, happy. In his honor, we've devised the acronym REÍR, which defines the values of both the family and the company," he expressed in the publication of the book "The essence of the family business" in 2019.

Academic background

Juan Luis Bosch Gutiérrez graduated from

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from Liceo Javier in

. He studied Industrial-Mechanical Engineering at Universidad Rafael Landívar, also in Guatemala. He has also completed

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and strategic planning studies.

Work experience

His work experience includes: *1972-1974 Administration of Molinos Modernos, S. A.

. *1974 to date Holding different positions in Multi-Inversiones S.A.

*1978 to date Alternate Board Member of Banco Industrial S.A. Guatemala *Currently, Chairman of CMI Capita
(Corporación Multi-Inversiones
Guatemala *With the Regional Group, overseeing investments in

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, the

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, and franchise development in the

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*Food Industry (wheat flour derivatives, integrated poultry farming,

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fast food restaurants), real estate development, finances, and hydroelectric power *Board member of Banco Industrial de Guatemala *Board member of Fundación

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*Founder of ''

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'' newspaper in Guatemala *Board member of various Regional Investment Companies *Board Member of Bain Consulting Mexico *Former Director of Telefónica de Centroamérica (TELCA)

Participation in several organizations

Juan Luis Bosch Gutiérrez has led the Chamber of Industry of Guatemala (CIG) as well as the Coordinating Committee of Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial and Financial Associations (CACIF), the most important coordination body of the organized productive sector of Guatemala. Juan Luis Bosch is a member of the Council of the Americas (COA), that gathers some of the top U. S. Blue Chip companies, and whose objective is to promote free trade, democracy and open trade in America. COA was established in 1963 under the name Business Group for Latin America, by David Rockefeller, at the behest of President John F. Kennedy. Bosch Gutiérrez is also the founder of the Central American Leadership Initiative (CALI), an effort, together with INCAE (the Central American Business Administration Institute), and the Aspen Institute, to improve future leaderships in Central America through networks that seek to provide support to develop the region. He is the founder of CEAL– Business Council of Latin America - which was created around 1992, to form a community of business leaders interested in supporting the economic and social growth of Latin America. He is also a member of the board of directors of , CMI's social outreach organization that supports projects mainly focused on education and health in Guatemala. He participated as a panelist in the XVI in the "Ibero-American Business Summit" in which energy, commerce and logistics were the main issues addressed.

Public experience

* President of CACIF Guatemala (1989). * President of the Chamber of Industry of Guatemala. * Leader of the Peace Accords CACIF Follow-up Commission * Chair of Asociación de Avicultores de Guatemala -Poultry Farmers’ Association. * Chair of Central America 2000 – an organization of Central American business leaders. * Founder of FUNDESA – Fundación para el Desarrollo de Guatemala – (Foundation for the Development of Guatemala) * Founder of Fundación DIG – Fundación para el Desarrollo Institucional de Guatemala – (Foundation for Institutional Development of Guatemala), promoting ESTNA Center. * Member of the Board of Trustees of

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. * Founder of Fundación Juan Bautista Gutiérrez

References

External links

Corporación Multi Inversiones website''El Diario de Hoy'' article discussing CMI's size and its involvement with the construction of the Mall Pradera Concepción
* ttp://www.sigloxxi.com/index.php?link=noticias&noticiaid=6250 ''Siglo XXI'' article regarding Fundación Juan Bautista Gutiérrez {{DEFAULTSORT:Bosch Gutiérrez, Juan Luis Living people Guatemalan businesspeople Year of birth missing (living people)