Ricardo Poma (born 1946) is the

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of the family-owned

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Grupo Poma Grupo Poma is a family-owned company in El Salvador. The firm is headed by Ricardo Poma. Some of Grupo Poma’s business activities include automobile dealerships, real estate development and construction, industrial manufacturing and hotels, a ...

, based in San Salvador,

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. Poma obtained an industrial engineering degree from

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in 1967 and an

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from

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in 1970. When he returned to El Salvador, Ricardo joined the family business; he took the reins of the conglomerate from his father Luis Poma in the 1980s. His family is one of the most affluent and influential in El Salvador. Ricardo Poma dedicates a significant amount of his time to social projects and institutions, such as the Salvadoran Foundation for Health and Human Development (FUSAL), the Advanced School of Business and Economics (ESEN) and Fundacion Poma, focusing on culture, education and health programs in El Salvador and Central America. He is also a member of the President's Leadership Council of the Inter-American Dialogue. Poma was an early investor in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Poma, Ricardo 1947 births Living people Princeton University alumni Harvard Business School alumni Salvadoran businesspeople Bain Capital Salvadoran chief executives Salvadoran people of Spanish descent Members of the Inter-American Dialogue