Peter Bottome

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]

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

Biography

His parents were Robert Bottome and Katherine 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]

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References
  1. "Falleció Peter Bottome, pilar de las Empresas 1BC" (in Spanish). El Universal. 14 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  2. "Guías Scout de Venezuela" (in Spanish). iconosdevenezuela.com. 8 March 2012. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  3. "La renovación" (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  4. 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.


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