Peter Bottome Explained

Peter Bottome
Birth Date:28 December 1937
Death Place:Caracas, Venezuela
Nationality:Venezuelan
Occupation:Businessman
Parents:Robert Bottome
Kathleen Deery
Spouse:Ana Cristina Reverón Branger

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Falleció Peter Bottome, pilar de las Empresas 1BC. 14 February 2016. 14 February 2016. El Universal. Spanish.
  2. Web site: Guías Scout de Venezuela. 14 February 2016. 8 March 2012. iconosdevenezuela.com. Spanish. https://web.archive.org/web/20160222194524/http://www.iconosdevenezuela.com/?p=15871. 22 February 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: La renovación. 14 February 2016. El Universal. Spanish.
  4. Web site: Se fue Peter Bottome. 15 February 2016. Lotitto. Raúl. 15 February 2016. Producto. Spanish.
  5. Web site: Fear at Los Roques Island. 14 February 2016. 26 November 2011. El Universal.