Ricardo Poma

Ricardo Poma (3 May 1946 – 24 August 2025) was a Salvadoran businessman and philanthropist who was the chief executive officer of the family-owned conglomerate Grupo Poma, based in San Salvador, El Salvador.[1]

Life and career

Poma obtained an industrial engineering degree from Princeton University in 1967 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1970.[2] 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 dedicated 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.[2] He was also a member of the President's Leadership Council of the Inter-American Dialogue.[3]

Poma was an early investor in Bain Capital.[4]

Poma died on 24 August 2025, at the age of 79.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Balcáceres, Pablo; Ibarra, Leonel (9 December 2015). "Grupo Poma, el valor de la cultura corporativa". El Economista (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Ricardo Poma, ganador de "La Palma de Oro"". El Diario de Hoy. 2 October 2001. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Inter-American Dialogue | Ricardo Poma". www.thedialogue.org. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  4. ^ Tanfani, Joseph; Mason, Melanie; Gold, Matea (9 July 2012). "Bain Capital started with help of offshore investors". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Fallece Ricardo Poma, líder empresarial y filántropo salvadoreño". La República. 24 August 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
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