Poppy Bermúdez


José Armando Bermúdez Pippa, known as Poppy Bermúdez, was an Argentine-born Dominican businessman and the third CEO of J. Armando Bermúdez & Co., C. por A. after José Armando and Domingo Octavio Bermúdez.

Early Life

Born in Buenos Aires in 1928, he was the son of the Dominican businessman Aquiles Bermúdez Ramos — the son of José Armando Bermúdez Rochet and Ana Luisa Ramos de Peña — and Pastora Luisa Pippa, an Italian Argentine woman. A few months after he was born, his family moved to Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, where he lived the rest of his life.

Career

In 1968, Bermúdez founded Color Visión the first color television channel in the Dominican Republic and the third in Latin America.

Death

Poppy Bermúdez died on 3 December 2014 in Santiago de los Caballeros.