After cutting his teeth as an investment banker specializing in leveraged buyouts, Adolfo Salume has leveraged the analytical, leadership, and problem-solving skills learned on the job to branch out. Specifically, Salume, the chairman and chief executive officer of Prologix Group, has become a leading entrepreneur with a portfolio of successful businesses.

Salume previously worked at well-known investment banking firms Lehman Brothers and EF Hutton. The Salvadoran businessman has also earned a BA in Economics and Folklore and Mythology from Harvard University and an MBA in Marketing and Finance from Harvard Business School. He now runs Prologix, a company based in El Salvador that owns approximately 50 different companies in 16 different countries located mostly in North and South America. These businesses operate in sectors that include, but are not limited to, finance, clean technology, and logistics.

"In the United States, we own four software companies," says Salume. "We also own several real estate companies, and banks. Among our other holdings are development and marketing companies. Outside of the U.S., in Latin America, we own two banks, two insurance companies, an auto leasing company, three port logistics companies, four flower mailing companies, and more. An avid sports fan, I'm also involved in professional soccer as the president of a player agency called World Talent Group. I control and operate three professional soccer teams in El Salvador." 

Also a top branding expert and advisor who helps other entrepreneurs to better brand themselves and generate more revenue, Salume is focused on making a positive impact on those around him. In addition to being a serial entrepreneur, the family man and father of six kids is also a philanthropist who finds time to serve as the founder and president of five charitable foundations. These charities operate in nations where his company already does business.

"We want to be able to impact people's lives and to improve the economy," says Salume. "From an economic standpoint, I can, with the right approach, bring a lot of opportunity to people and improve the quality of their lives."