CMI: brands it owns and its ownership tree
CMI is a privately held company headquartered in Guatemala City, Guatemala that owns 8 consumer brands across 2 categories.[1]
Corporación Multi Inversiones is a Guatemalan family conglomerate that traces itself to a small store Juan Bautista Gutiérrez opened in San Cristóbal Totonicapán in 1920 and a grain mill he founded in 1936. It grew from milling into poultry farming in 1964 and, in 1971, into the fried-chicken restaurant chain Pollo Campero, and has since expanded regionally into pasta, processed and fresh poultry and meat, renewable energy, real estate and financial services. By its own account it now operates in 15 countries across Latin America and the United States with more than 54,000 employees, organised since 2018 into two business groups, CMI Foods and CMI Capital.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Corporación Multi Inversiones (also CMI, CMI Foods)
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇬🇹 Guatemala City, Guatemala
- Founded
- 1920
- Website
- somoscmi.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
CMI in numbers
- CMI owns 8 consumer brands tracked here across 2 top-level categories; the largest is food with 7 brands.[1]
- 3 of its brands originated outside Guatemala.
Everything CMI owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does CMI own?
CMI owns 8 consumer brands tracked here, including La Cantonesa, Pollo Campero, Pollo Indio, Toledano, Pollo Rey and Toledo.
Is CMI a Guatemalan company?
Yes. CMI is headquartered in Guatemala City, Guatemala and was founded in 1920.
Who owns CMI?
CMI is privately held. Corporación Multi Inversiones is a Guatemalan family conglomerate that traces itself to a small store Juan Bautista Gutiérrez opened in San Cristóbal Totonicapán in 1920 and a grain mill he founded in 1936.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] CMI — Corporación Multi Inversiones — Our History — Corporación Multi Inversiones, Official document; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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