Grupo Poma

Grupo Pomais a family-owned company inEl Salvador.The firm is headed byRicardo Poma.Some of Grupo Poma’s business activities includeautomobile dealerships,real estate developmentand construction, industrial manufacturing andhotels,as well as investments intelecommunicationsand a variety of nonprofit organizations that carry out social projects. As of 2001, Grupo Poma had a total of 10,000 employees.

Grupo Poma

Industry	Diversified
Founded	1919
Headquarters	San Salvador,El Salvador
Key people	Ricardo Poma(CEO) Fernando Poma Maria Fernanda Poma (CEO) (CEO for the Real Estate Division.)
Products	Automotive Real estate development Hotels Telecommunications
Number of employees	10,000 (2001)
Website	grupopoma

Group divisions

Grupo Poma is divided into five primary divisions:

• Excel Automotriz– Operates in El Salvador since 1919 and also inGuatemala,Honduras,Nicaragua,Costa RicaandPanama.Grupo Poma represents some of the companies in the automotive market, such asToyota,BMW,Mitsubishi,Chevrolet,FordandKIA.Excel Automotriz is the biggest automotive distribution company in Central America.
• Grupo Roble– Grupo Roble is a construction subsidiary that builds and manages shopping centers, residential housing and office space. Some of this division's accomplishments include building more than 50,000 homes and 19 shopping malls inCentral America.
• Real Hotels and Resorts– The group has nineteenInterContinental,Marriott InternationalandChoice Hotelsin Central America,Colombia,theCaribbeanandMiami, Florida,United States.
• Grupo Solaire– manufactures windows and aluminum products at four factories in El Salvador.
• Grupo Autofacil– Operates inEl Salvador,Colombia,Costa Rica,Guatemala,HondurasandPanama.Grupo Autofacil is the financial division of Grupo Poma.
• Multiplaza– Operates inEl Salvador,Honduras,Panama,Costa Rica,andColombia.The company was founded in 1990 and specializes inshopping malls.Multplaza has around 20 mall locations acrossLatin America.