[citation needed] By the end of the 1970s, Gutiérrez and his cousin Juan Luis Bosch took on a shared chief executive officer role at Corporación Multi Inversiones,[7] a family owned multinational corporation.

[8] Gutierrez was in projects of several student associations and groups during his college years, where he denounced both the actions of the military government and the Marxist guerrilla, including Electorama 82,[9] an effort by young people to audit the electoral process of 7 March 1982.

Gutierrez hosted a TV show broadcast in Guatemala, other cities in Central America and the United States called Libre Encuentre,[14] which encouraged thought and debate among leaders from different sectors of the society.

[17] Gutiérrez was among a group of citizens who issued a declaration "Given the political crisis the country is undergoing", better known as the document of "Los Abajo Firmantes",[18] where they rejected the actions of Elías, calling him "dictator" and demanding his resignation as well as the restitution of the Public Powers of the republic.

[19] In early 2003, president Alfonso Portillo attacked the media calling them “clowns”, saying they were “at the service of obscure interests”[20] and referring to Gutierrez as “the circus owner”.

[21] On 24 July 2003, former President Efraín Ríos Montt[22] demanded that the Supreme Electoral Tribunal register him as a presidential candidate, despite being banned for having led a coup d'état.

[24] After the incident, Gutierrez distanced himself from the “Libre Encuentro" program and the country, alleging, among other reasons, the "evident increase in forms of harassment and intimidation, even constant death threats" against him.

[27] In 2012, Gutiérrez created the Fundación Libertad y Desarrollo (Freedom and Development Foundation), an independent, private think tank dedicated to the study and analysis of social, economic and political issues to promote values and principles of a free society.

As president of the Foundation, Gutiérrez leads a team of intellectuals with whom he works in multiple civic activities and develops the articulation of long-term state proposals for Central America.

[32] Attorney General Thelma Aldana and Chief of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), Iván Velásquez were invited as panelists, the latter participated through a pre-recorded interview.

In late February 2018, Gutierrez made a public appearance, in the days of the formation of the Frente Ciudadano Contra la Corrupción (Citizen Front Against Corruption).

[40] Gutiérrez presented the “Joint Declaration on the Central American Economic Community”,[41] a document that was born out of the citizenry and seeks the presidents of the region and all the sectors involved in decision-making to join this commitment.