Carlos Abumohor Touma is a successful Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an of Palestinian descent, businessman and investor

Investor

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 who is involved in a number of financial

FINANCIAL

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 activities in the development of the Chilean banking, media

Mass media

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 and real estate

Real estate

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 sectors.

Abumohor owns a controlling interest in Chile's second largest media conglomerate

Conglomerate (company)

A conglomerate is a combination of two or more corporations engaged in entirely different businesses that fall under one corporate structure , usually involving a parent company and several subsidiaries. Often, a conglomerate is a multi-industry company...

, Consorcio Periodístico de Chile S.A. (Copesa

Copesa

Copesa is one of the more important Chilean media conglomerate. Copesa is controlled by Álvaro Saieh, a Chilean business man.-Overview:...

). He has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors

Board of directors

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 for one of Chile's largest private banking institutions, Corpbanca

Corpbanca

Corpbanca is a sociedad anónima licensed by the Chilean Superintendency of Banks to operate as a commercial bank.-History:...

 S.A.

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, since June 18, 1996. He was Chairman for Banco Osorno as well as several other major Chilean companies.