Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch
{{Short description|Guatemalan businesswoman and philanthropist (1931–2020)}}
{{Spanish married name|Gutiérrez|Gutiérrez|Bosch}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch
| image = IsabelGutierrezdeBosch.png
| alt = An older woman with olive skin and dark hair in bangs; she is wearing a dark shirt and a tan cardigan
| caption = Gutiérrez de Bosch at a 2019 event
| birth_name = Isabel Gutiérrez Gutiérrez
| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|7|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = San Cristóbal Totonicapán, Guatemala
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|9|6|1931|7|23|df=y}}
| death_place = Guatemala City, Guatemala
| occupation = Philanthropist, businesswoman
| organization = CMI Guatemala
| spouse = {{marriage|Alfonso Bosch||1974|reason=died}}
| children = 5, including Juan Luis and Felipe
| parents = Juan Bautista Gutiérrez
Felipa Gutiérrez
| relatives = Juan José Gutiérrez Mayorga (nephew)
Dionisio Gutiérrez Mayorga (nephew)
}}
Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch (23 July 1931 – 6 September 2020) was a Guatemalan businesswoman and philanthropist who was awarded the Order of the Quetzal in 2005.
Biography
Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch was born at San Cristóbal Totonicapán on 23 July 1931, the daughter of Juan Bautista Gutiérrez, founder of the Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI).{{Cite web|title=Fallece Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch|url=https://forbescentroamerica.com/2020/09/07/fallece-isabel-gutierrez-de-bosch-impulsora-de-la-educacion-en-guatemala/|access-date=2020-07-21|website=Forbes Centroamérica|language=Spanish}} She lived until the age of 5 in Totonicapán, after which her family moved to Quetzaltenango, where she remained until at age 19.
She married Alfonso Bosch; they had five children, including Juan Luis and Felipe Bosch Gutiérrez, both businessmen. Her husband, along with her brother Dionisio, died in a plane crash in 1974 while most of her children were still young.
She was founder and president of Fundaniñas,{{Cite web|title=Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch, un legado de educación|url=https://esdesarrollo.com/isabel-gutierrez-de-bosch-recordando-un-legado-de-educacion-en-guatemala/|access-date=2021-07-16|website=Es Desarrollo|date=8 April 2021|language=Spanish}} an organization that cares for abandoned girls, girls in conflict with the law, and young, low-income girls with potential. She was the first female president of a Rotary Club in Central America.{{Cite web|last=Alvarado|first=Mirna|date=September 6, 2020|title=Fallece rotaria destacada|url=https://laprensa.com.gt/2020/09/06/fallece-rotaria-destacada/|access-date=2021-07-22|website=La Prensa|language=es}} She was involved in a scholarship program for low-income Guatemalan youths pursue a college education, a health program for 13 to 18-year old youths, and a nutrition program addressing the problem of chronic malnutrition in rural Guatemala.{{cite news |last1=Pérez Marroquín |first1=César |title=Fallece Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch, impulsora de la educación en Guatemala |url=https://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/comunitario/fallece-isabel-gutierrez-de-bosch-impulsora-de-la-educacion-en-guatemala/ |access-date=20 July 2021 |work=Prensa Libre |date=6 September 2020 |language=es-GT}}
Isabel de Bosch was also president of the Juan Bautista Gutierrez Foundation, a Guatemalan philanthropic organization that belongs to Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI). The Foundation was established in 1974 and provided relief in the earthquake of 1976, Hurricane Mitch in 1998 and the hospital crisis of 2015.{{Cite web|title=Biografía de Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch, impulsora de la educación en Guatemala|url=https://aprende.guatemala.com/historia/personajes/biografia-isabel-gutierrez-bosch-impulsora-educacion-guatemala/|access-date=2020-07-20|website=Aprende Guatemala|language=Spanish}}{{Cite news|work=Relevancia Médica|date=13 September 2020|first=René |last=Fonseca Borja|title=La grandeza hecha mujer|url=https://relevanciamedica.com/la-grandeza-hecha-mujer/|access-date=2020-07-15|language=Spanish}}
She died in Guatemala City on 6 September 2020.{{Cite web|title=Adiós a Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch|url=https://www.estrategiaynegocios.net/lasclavesdeldia/1406607-330/adiós-a-isabel-gutiérrez-de-bosch-la-matriarca-de-cmi|access-date=2020-07-10|website=Estrategia y Negocios|language=Spanish}} The Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch Foundation continues her work in child development and nutrition.{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://losagroup.co/fundacion-isabel-gutierrez-de-bosch/|access-date=2021-07-22|website=LOSA Group}}
Awards
- 1990: The Rotary International Paul Harris Award
- 1993: Dolores Bedoya de Molina Grand Collar Award
- 1995: “Celebration of our Values” recognition by Banco Industrial
- 2005: The Order of the Quetzal (Grand Officer), Guatemala's highest honour{{cite news |last1=Gonzalez |first1=Luis |title=Luto en la sociedad guatemalteca, fallece Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch |url=https://republica.gt/2020/09/06/luto-en-la-sociedad-guatemalteca-fallece-isabel-gutierrez-de-bosch/ |access-date=20 July 2021 |work=Republica |date=6 September 2020 |language=es}}{{cite web |title=Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch |url=https://www.fundacionjbg.org/isabel-gutierrez-de-bosch/ |website=Fundacion Juan Bautista Gutiérrez |access-date=20 July 2021 |language=es |date=21 October 2020}}
- 2012: Rotary International awarded Gutiérrez a special recognition to her Rotary service, on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of Rotary presence in Central America
- 2019: Golden Fork Award, Person of the Year, at the Food Fair in Guatemala{{cite news |title=Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch recibe el Tenedor de Oro |url=https://elperiodico.com.gt/cultura/gente-negocios/2019/09/25/isabel-gutierrez-de-bosch-recibe-el-tenedor-de-oro/ |access-date=1 August 2021 |work=El Periodico |date=September 25, 2019}}
- 2020: Forbes Central America recognized her as one of the most powerful women of the year{{Cite web|date=August 2020|title=Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch entre las 100 mujeres más poderosas de 2020 por Forbes|url=https://www.cmi.co/es/item/662-isabel-gutierrez-de-bosch-es-reconocida-por-la-revista-forbes-como-una-de-las-mujeres-guatemaltecas-mas-relevantes-de-la-region|access-date=2020-06-20|language=Spanish}}
References
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