references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . july 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message the aes corporation type public s & p 500 component traded as nyse aes industry energy founded january 28 1981 founder roger sant dennis bakke headquarters arlington virginia u.s. area served worldwide key people charles rossotti chairman andres gluski president and ceo products electricity revenue us 15.007 billion fy 2015 1 net income us 306 million fy 2015 1 total assets us 36.850 billion fy 2015 1 total equity us 3.149 billion fy 2015 1 number of employees 21 000 dec 2015 1 website aes.com the aes corporation is a fortune 200 company that generates and distributes electrical power . aes is headquartered in arlington virginia and is one of the world s leading power companies generating and distributing electric power in 17 countries and employing 21 000 people worldwide . contents 1 history 2 subsidiaries 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded on january 28 1981 as applied energy services 2 by roger sant and dennis bakke who met in the nixon ford administration as appointees in the federal energy administration . the company was initially a consulting firm ; it became aes corporation which went public in 1991 . sant was chairman ceo and president and bakke was executive vice president until 1987 when bakke became president . bakke became ceo in 1994 until he resigned in 2002 . sant remained as executive chairman until 2003 and as a member of the board until 2006 . bakke and sant expanded aes at a breakneck pace building power plants in 29 countries and expanding its staff from 1 400 to 32 000 employees . at the same time they advocated a decentralized management system promoting social responsibility over profits . after the collapse of enron another energy giant in 2002 aes faced a liquidity crisis and bakke resigned . paul hanrahan was appointed president and ceo and served for 10 years as the company stabilized . in 2012 he resigned and andres gluski was named president and ceo to the present . in fiscal 2015 aes total revenue was 15 billion . 1 subsidiaries edit aes eletropaulo aes energy storage 3 aes gener aes tiet brazil aes wind generation 4 dpl dayton power and light company ipl indianapolis power & light company premier power references edit a b c d e f aes corporation form 10 k annual report pdf . aes.com . retrieved april 27 2016 . aes frequently asked questions . investor.aes.com . retrieved 2012 10 07 . aes energy storage . aes energy storage . retrieved 2012 10 07 . home aes aes . aeswind.co.uk . retrieved 2012 10 07 . external links edit official website aes sec filings v t e dow jones utility average components aes american electric power american water works company centerpoint consolidated edison dominion duke edison international exelon firstenergy nextera nisource pg & e pseg southern company retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title aes corporation & oldid 731898812 categories power companies of the united statesenergy companies established in 1981non renewable resource companies established in 19811981 establishments in virginiacompanies based in arlington county virginiacompanies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies in the dow jones utility averagehidden categories articles lacking reliable references from july 2013all articles lacking reliable referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa ol fran aisbahasa indonesiaportugu ssvenska edit links this page was last modified on 28 july 2016 at 06 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view