Grupo La República
Grupo La República is the second largest print and digital media organization in the country. It owns three newspapers, a Sunday supplement, the Peru edition in the newspaper “El País,” six news websites, is on the board of directors at two television channels and owns a foundation to train journalists. In other businesses, it owns two online sales websites, an online payment site, a betting site, an electronic money business and the printing press for La República. In 2003, it acquired 30% of the shares of América Televisión (free-to-view) and Canal N (cable). Together with their partners in the “El Comercio” Group, they created the company Plural TV S.A.C. in order to manage both channels. That year, the Mohme family changed the name of "Cia Impresora peruana" -dedicated to the production of the newspapers- to Grupo La República S.A. In 2007 another company was established called Grupo La República Publicaciones S.A.
The group is made up of several companies: Grupo La República Publicaciones, which is responsible for editing the group's newspapers; Grupo La República Digital that supplies the group's websites; the Editorial Septiembre, which is in charge of the books and collections edited by the Group; Grupo La República S.A. and Plural TV S.A. They also own the Gustavo Mohme Llona Foundation.
Somo family members had recently entered into the electronic money business through GMovil S.A.C and Gmoney S.A.
In 2010, the group acquired 30% of the shares in Teleamazonas de Ecuador and two years later they acquired 45%.
In early 2013, GLR attempted to buy Epensa, another newspaper business. However, the partners at Epensa decided to sell their stake to Grupo El Comercio (GEC). Prior to that transaction, GLR had 16.39% market share of newspaper sales in the market, Epensa had 28.56% and GEC 49.3%, according to figures from SEPP. After the sale, GEC had 77.86% arket share. From there, GLR began a campaign questioning the "media concentration" by GEC, and eight journalists filed a lawsuit in the case.
GLR is a company thet belongs to the Mohme Seminario family. The elder brother, Gustavo Mohme Seminario, is the visible face of the companies and manages the majority of actions in them. The company distributes disks, instalments and other collectibles alongside the newspapers.
Mother Company
Grupo La República Publicaciones S.A.
Business Form
Private
Legal Form
Limited Company
Business Sectors
Electric money, real state, printing business
Individual Owner
Gustavo Adolfo Mohme Seminario
Gustavo Mohme Seminario is the eldest son and principal heir of the founder of the “La República” newspaper, Gustavo Mohme Llona. He has been the visible face and director of this newspaper since his father died, he is also majority shareholder of all the companies in the group. Chairman of the board of Grupo La República S.A. He is an engineer by profession, and a journalist and businessman by trade. Before leading the newspaper “La República,” he was general manager of the group. He was president of the “Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (Inter-American Press Association)” (IAPA) for the period 2014-2015 and is currently vice president of the SIP Executive Committee. He was a member of the board and of the “Consejo Consultivo Editorial (Editorial Advisory Council)” of América Televisión. In the Power Survey, he is considered the eighth most influential journalist in the country. Ideologically, he is center-left. In the 2011 election, under his leadership, the newspaper “La República” supported the candidacy of Ollanta Humala. And during his rule, he also supported some of the measures. In other businesses, Mohme Seminario is a shareholder and agent of Gmovil, a company that belongs to the “La República” group that is dedicated to electronic money, and the family-owned real estate company Hetir SAC, which acquired M&M Desarrollo Inmobiliario S.A.
Helena Ramona Seminario de Mohme
Ramona Seminario is Gustavo Mohme Llona’s widow. Shareholder of the companies of Grupo La República. Mother of the six Mohme Seminario brothers.
María Eugenia Mohme Seminario
Maria Eugenia Mohme Seminario is Chairman of the Board of directors and corporate commercial manager at Grupo La República Publicaciones and member of the board of directors at América Televisión and Canal N. She is also vice president of the “Consejo de la Prensa Peruana “Peruvian Press Council).” for the period 2016-2018.She was in charge of the restructuring of the company's operations. She is a civil engineer and holds an MBA from Centrum and led a Management Program for CEOs at Northwester University in the United States. She is manager of Inversiones Mohme S.A. and was manager at M & M Desarrollo Inmobiliario S.A. She is a minority shareholder of all the family businesses, holding the same percentage as her siblings. She owns 3.5% of the real estate company Hetir S.A. She was director of the real estate company Proyec Sa W&M Contratistas Generales S.A. and W & M Contrat Gnrales S.A. Cefoisa Asoc. She has also worked for her father’s company Woodman & Mohme.
Other Print Outlets
El Popular, Líbero, Suplemento Domingo, El País (España), Revista Descabellado
Other TV Outlets
América Tv HD, Canal N
Other Online Outlets
www.larepublica.pe, www.libero.pe, www.elpopular.pe, www.aweita.pe, www.wapa.pe, www.larepublica.pe/descabellado
Media Business
Media companies
Grupo La República Publicaciones S.A., Grupo La República Digital S.A., Plural TV S.A.C.
Digital business
Cuponidad Perú S.A. (Lucas.pe, Cuponidad.pe), Grupo La República Digital (Coleccionesglr.pe, Suscripcionesglr.pe, Seguripago.pe, Libero.pe/lapollalibero).
Editorial business
Editorial Septiembre.
Printing business
Grupo La República Magazine, Revista Descabellado.
Business
Electronic money
GMovil, Gmoney (aPanda.com.pe)
Grupo La República Internacional
General Information
Founding Year
2003
Founder
Gustavo Mohme Seminario
Affiliated Interests Founder
Gustavo Mohme Seminario is the eldest son and principal heir of the founder of the “La República” newspaper, Gustavo Mohme Llona. He has been the visible face and director of this newspaper since his father died, he is also majority shareholder of all the companies in the group. Chairman of the board of Grupo La República S.A. He is an engineer by profession, and a journalist and businessman by trade. Before leading the newspaper “La República,” he was general manager of the group. He was president of the “Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (Inter-American Press Association)” (IAPA) for the period 2014-2015 and is currently vice president of the SIP Executive Committee. He was a member of the board and of the “Consejo Consultivo Editorial (Editorial Advisory Council)” of América Televisión. In the Power Survey, he is considered the eighth most influential journalist in the country. Ideologically, he is center-left. In the 2011 election, under his leadership, the newspaper “La República” supported the candidacy of Ollanta Humala. And during his rule, he also supported some of the measures. In other businesses, Mohme Seminario is a shareholder and agent of Gmovil, a company that belongs to the “La República” group that is dedicated to electronic money, and the family-owned real estate company Hetir SAC, which acquired M&M Desarrollo Inmobiliario S.A.
Employees
Grupo La República Publicaciones S.A. : 590 workers and 39 service providers Grupo La República S.A. : 6 workers and 4 sevice providers Grupo La República Digital S.A. : 59 workers and 2 service providers Editorial Septiembre : 11 workers and 1 service pr
Contact
Tax/ ID Number
20101462081 (RUC)
Financial Information
Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)
Missing Data
Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
Missing Data
Advertising (in % of total funding)
Public contracts with the government | La República Publicaciones: 1,2 million dollars (4,3 million soles - 2015) and 1’307,508.95 (so far this year 2016); La República Digital: 115 thousand dollars (392 thousand soles) (2015)
Management
Executive Board
She is Chairman of the Board of directors and corporate commercial manager at Grupo La República Publicaciones and member of the board of directors at América Televisión and Canal N. She is also vice president of the “Consejo de la Prensa Peruana “Peruvian Press Council).” for the period 2016-2018.She was in charge of the restructuring of the company's operations. She is a civil engineer and holds an MBA from Centrum and led a Management Program for CEOs at Northwester University in the United States. She is manager of Inversiones Mohme S.A. and was manager at M & M Desarrollo Inmobiliario S.A. She is a minority shareholder of all the family businesses, holding the same percentage as her siblings. She owns 3.5% of the real estate company Hetir S.A. She was director of the real estate company Proyec Sa W&M Contratistas Generales S.A. and W & M Contrat Gnrales S.A. Cefoisa Asoc. She has also worked for her father’s company Woodman & Mohme.
He is the eldest son and principal heir of the founder of the “La República” newspaper, Gustavo Mohme Llona. He has been the visible face and director of this newspaper since his father died, he is also majority shareholder of all the companies in the group. Chairman of the board of Grupo La República S.A. He is an engineer by profession, and a journalist and businessman by trade. Before leading the newspaper “La República,” he was general manager of the group. He was president of the “Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (Inter-American Press Association)” (IAPA) for the period 2014-2015 and is currently vice president of the SIP Executive Committee. He was a member of the board and of the “Consejo Consultivo Editorial (Editorial Advisory Council)” of América Televisión. In the Power Survey, he is considered the eighth most influential journalist in the country. Ideologically, he is center-left. In the 2011 election, under his leadership, the newspaper “La República” supported the candidacy of Ollanta Humala. And during his rule, he also supported some of the measures. In other businesses, Mohme Seminario is a shareholder and agent of Gmovil, a company that belongs to the “La República” group that is dedicated to electronic money, and the family-owned real estate company Hetir SAC, which acquired M&M Desarrollo Inmobiliario S.A.
She is Gustavo Mohme Llona’s daughter. She is economist from the Universidad Católica. She has an MBA from Centrum Católica and from Maastrich in the Netherlands. She is also a member of the board at Grupo La República Publicaciones S.A., Grupo La República S.A. and is executive president of Editorial Septiembre SAC. Shareholder of all companies in the family group. She is secretary at the Gustavo Mohme Llona Foundation. She was director of her father’s company Importadora y Exportadora Angamos S.A.
He is Gustavo Mohme Llona’s son. Minority shareholder in the companies owned by Grupo La República. Floor Manager at Grupo La República. Agent at Plural TV, general manager at Editorial Septiembre and manager at Grupo La República S.A. He studied zootechnics at the Universidad Nacional Agraria.
Member of the board at Grupo La República Publicaciones. Lawyer. Former congressman and defense minister.
Non-Executive Board
He has been manager of the companies of “Grupo La República” for a long time. He is a trusted man of the Mohme Seminario family. He is general manager of Grupo La República S.A. and La República Internacional.
General Manager at Grupo La República Digital S.A. He executes the company's strategy and reports to the Board of the Group. He is also a member of the board of directors at Quantico Trends, a company dedicated to the analysis of social networks. He is also chairman at Cuponidad Perú S.A., a company of the group that is dedicated to online discount sales. He was manager at Yell Perú – Yellow Pages
Supervisory Board
Deputy director of the newspaper “La República”. He is, in essence, the one in charge of managing the newspaper.
Member of the editorial committee. Columnist of the newspaper “La República,” PhD in Peruvian and Latin American Literature. Peruvian writer, poet and essayist. He is one of the eight journalists who reported “El Comercio” for violating freedom of expression laws following the commercial operation that ended with the purchase of a large number of shares of Epensa (now Prensmart) in 2013. He was a political opponent of Alberto Fujimori’s government in “La República” and was a victim in the process due to his communications being intercepted by the deactivated “Servicio de Inteligencia Nacional (National Intelligence Service)” (SIN). Seventh in the latest Power Survey of the most influential journalists in printed media. Member of the Board of Directors at the “Instituto de Prensa y Sociedad (Institute of Press and Society)” (IPYS). Friend of former President Alan García.
Member of the editorial comittee. Economist and journalist. Information manager at Latina TV. Columnist at “La República”. Chairman of the Board of Directors at the “Instituto de Prensa y Sociedad (Institute of Press and Society)” (IPYS). The latest Power Survey in Peru places him as the third most powerful journalist in television and printed media. Former director of Perú21 and former ATV presenter. He is one of the eight journalists who reported “El Comercio” for violating freedom of expression laws following the commercial operation that ended with the purchase of a large number of shares of Epensa (now Prensmart) in 2013. He worked at Grupo Apoyo between 1980 and 2000. He was vice president of Osiptel, vice president of the commission for market access and exit of Indecopi and director of Interbank.
Member of the editorial committee. An industrial engineer who specialized in economics, former chairman of PetroPerú, a specialist in hydrocarbons, a columnist for “La República,” former dean of the “Facultad de Economía de San Marcos Economics department of San Marcos),” former member of the economic team for the candidate Verónika Mendoza.
Member of the editorial committee. Lawyer and journalist. Director of the editorial fund at the Universidad San Martín de Porres, columnist for “La República”.
Member of the editorial committee. Head of the Research Unit. Specialized in covering military sources, drug trafficking and corruption.
Other Influential People
She is Gustavo Mohme Llona’s widow. Shareholder of the companies of Grupo La República. Mother of the six Mohme Seminario brothers.
Sister. President of the Gustavo Mohme Llona Foundation. Psychologist and psychoanalyst, member of the Sociedad Peruana de Psicoanálisis (Peruvian Society of Psychoanalysis) and the Asocación Internacional de Psicoanálisis (International Association of Psychoanalysis).
Brother. Minority shareholder of the companies in Grupo La República. In addition, he is general manager at CM Impresiones S.A.C., a company dedicated to printing.
Member of the board of directors at Grupo La República S.A. Businessman and left-wing politician. He was President of the Council of Ministers during Ollanta Humala’s administration. He has donated to the campaigns of Ollanta Humala and Susana Villarán. His political organization is called “Ciudadanos por el Cambio (Citizens for Change)”.
Member of the board at Grupo La República S.A. Director General of the School of Management at the Universidad de Piura. He has been general manager at Arella Marketing Research in Peru and Chairman at Arellano Marketing Ecuador. Former general manager at KARPA S.A. and ARMCO Peruana.
Further Information
Meta Data
Its financial information is not publicly available. They did not participate in the rating of the Top 10,000 Peruvian enterprises.
Sources
CAVANAGH, Jonathan. Perú: The Top 10,000 Companies 2016. Publicado por: Top Publications S.A.C.
Sistema Electrónico de Contrataciones del Estado:
VIVAS Sabroso, Fernando. En vivo y en directo (2008). Fondo Editorial de la Universidad de Lima. 2da edición.
Linkedin de Carlos Mohme
Linkedin de Gerardo Mohme
Historia de Gustavo Mohme Llona
http://larepublica.pe/23-04-2014/gustavo-mohme-llona-sigue-en-el-corazon-de-todos-los-peruanos
Biografía de Gustavo Mohme Llona
http://fundacionmohme.org/novedades/a-sumarse-al-movimiento-por-la-democracia
Presentación del diario La República
Recuerdo de Gustavo Mohme Llona
http://larepublica.pe/23-04-2002/gustavo-mohme-llona-eso-no-se-le-hace-un-trabajador
Era un puente humano”
Discurso de Gustavo Mohme Seminario al asumir presidencia de SIP
Linkedin de Maria Eugenia Mohme Seminario
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-eugenia-mohme-seminario-395a2378
Historia de los diarios peruanos en internet
http://www.slideshare.net/ferlozan/historia-de-los-diarios-peruanos-en-internet-6857700
Los cibermedios en Perú http://www.revistalatinacs.org/200606Lyudmyla.pdf
Reporte económico de El Comercio ante la SMV. Puesto de Maria Eugenia Mohme en el América.
http://www.smv.gob.pe/ConsultasP8/temp/FichaGE_78_20120126110722.pdf
Optimización de La República S.A.
https://prezi.com/fd2flevul5mx/grupo-la-republica-sa-la-optimizacion-de-procesos-en-una-e/
Miembros de Fundación Mohme
Libros de Guillermo Thorndike http://www.librosperuanos.com/autores/autor/2613/Thorndike-Guillermo
Libros de Guillermo Thorndike
http://www.casadellibro.com/libros-ebooks/guillermo-thorndike/46311
Recuento de la vida de Guillermo Thorndike
Periodista Augusto Thorndike habla de su padre
