| 12.66 Real-Time Quote | -0.24 / -1.86%Today’s Change | 9.52 Today|||52-Week Range 14.00 | +18.32% Year-to-Date |
| SECTOR Utilities | INDUSTRY Electric Utilities | MARKET CAP $9.6B |
Company Description
The AES Corp. is a global power company that owns a portfolio of electricity generation and distribution businesses. It operates through eight business segments: US-Generation; US-Utilities, Andes-Generation, Brazil-Generation, Brazil-Utilities, MCAC-Generation, EMEA-Generation and Asia-Generation. The company operates through two businesses: Generation and Utilities. The Generation business owns and operates power plants to generate and sell power to wholesale customers such as utilities and other intermediaries. This business sells electricity under medium or long-term contracts under short-term agreements. The Utilities business sells to end-user customers in the residential, commercial, industrial and governmental sectors in a defined service area. The company's business also includes energy storage line of business through thermal and wind generating facilities. The company was founded by Dennis W. Bakke and Roger W. Sant in 1981 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.
Employees

Shareholders
| Other institutional | 52.06% |
| Mutual fund holders | 41.49% |
| Individual stakeholders | 20.31% |
Top Executives
| Andrés Ricardo Gluski Weilert, PhD | President, Chief Executive Officer & Director |
| Andrew Martin Vesey | Chief Operating Officer-Global Operations & EVP |
| Thomas M. O'Flynn, MBA | Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President |
| Elizabeth Hackenson | Chief Information Officer & Senior Vice President |
| Brian A. Miller | Secretary, Executive VP & General Counsel |