Peter Bottome

Peter Bottome
Born(1937-12-28)28 December 1937
Died14 February 2016(2016-02-14) (aged 78)
Caracas, Venezuela
NationalityVenezuelan
OccupationBusinessman
SpouseAna Cristina Reverón Branger
Parent(s)Robert Bottome
Kathleen Deery

Peter Bottome Deery (28 December 1937 – 14 February 2016) was a Venezuelan businessman.[1] He was shareholder and the General Director of Venezuelan corporation Empresas 1BC.[1]

Biography

His parents were Robert Bottome and Kathleen Deery.[2] Later, Katherine Deery married William H. Phelps Jr., founder of Venezuelan TV station RCTV. Peter Bottome Deery was the brother of Robert Bottome Deery, owner of VenEconomy, a consultancy company providing financial, political and economic data in Venezuela.[2]

In 1959, Peter Bottome became director of the radio station Radio Caracas Radio.[3] He gave the radio station a new style focused on broadcasting American music.[3] Years later, he founded Caracas 92.9, an FM station in Caracas.[4]

Bottome was president of the board of directors of Corporación Radiofónica Venezolana (CORAVEN), a branch of Empresas 1BC in charge of international distribution of RCTV productions.[4] He was the main shareholder of Venezuelan newspaper El Diario de Caracas until 1995 when it was shut down.[4]

Additionally, Peter Bottome was senior partner of Venezuelan airline Aerotuy.[5] He developed Aeropotoco, a flight training school located in Oscar Machado Zuloaga International Airport, and Airtech, a company of aircraft maintenance.[4]

In 1990, Bottome created in Puerto La Cruz, a company named Centro Marino de Oriente to repair sport boats.[4]

He died on 14 February 2016, as a consequence of a myeloma detected a year before.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Falleció Peter Bottome, pilar de las Empresas 1BC" (in Spanish). El Universal. 14 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Guías Scout de Venezuela" (in Spanish). iconosdevenezuela.com. 8 March 2012. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  3. ^ a b "La renovación" (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Lotitto, Raúl (15 February 2016). "Se fue Peter Bottome" (in Spanish). Producto. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Fear at Los Roques Island". El Universal. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2016.