Carlos Pellas Chamorro, Navigating Nicaragua

Carlos Pellas Chamorro is directly involved in just about everything in Nicaragua but politics, a choice he says that has helped his family thrive for over a century. Pellas is the controlling shareholder of Grupo Pellas, a conglomerate involved in banking, sugar, rum, ethanol, media, insurance, citrus, health care, auto dealerships and high-end tourism that employs 25,000 people.

http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/20/grupo-pellas-nicaragua-business-chamorro.html