Mr. Hector Botero has spent the last two decades building, acquiring, and merging media, news, and technology companies on a global scale. In 1996 Mr. Botero launched International Media Services (IMS) that went on to become a leader in media research, media monitoring, and news distribution ...more

Mr. Hector Botero has spent the last two decades building, acquiring, and merging media, news, and technology companies on a global scale. In 1996 Mr. Botero launched International Media Services (IMS) that went on to become a leader in media research, media monitoring, and news distribution covering the Latin America region from Mexico, Central and South America. In 2000, Mr. Botero expanded the scope of IMS to include the Asia Pacific region and Europe. IMS went on to partner with Business Wire and launch Business Wire Latin America and Business Wire China. Business Wire was acquired by Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway in 2006. In 2008 Mr. Botero sold IMS to OMERS Private Equity, a Canadian private equity fund with more than $6 billion under management, and Marketwired. In 2016, NASDAQ acquired Marketwired. In 2016 Mr. Botero launched iCrowdNewswire (iCrowd) and ContentEngine (CE). Since launching both iCrowd and CE have become leaders in their industry. Mr. Botero’s latest venture is a partnership with LexisNexis launching Nexis Newswire. Lexis Nexis is a subsidiary of Relx, a global news, information, and analytics conglomerate with over 33,000 employees in 40 countries generating revenue over US$7 billion annually.less