Post 200: Top D.C.-Area Businesses

AES Corp. / AES

AES’s Buffalo Gap wind farm near Abilene, TX.

AES’s Buffalo Gap wind farm near Abilene, TX. (Photo: Courtesy of company.)

About AES Corp.

4300 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va. 22203
www.aes.com | 703-522-1315 | Founded: 1981

Industry: Energy | Category: Public Companies

AES, a power generation and utility company, has been steering toward renewable energy, which accounts for 20 percent of its generating capacity. It boosted its wind-generation capacity to 1,000 megawatts last year and in March announced a joint venture to invest up to $1 billion in solar energy farms around the world. It also added a gas-fired plant in Jordan, started building small hydropower projects in Turkey and a won contract for a coal-fired plant in the Philippines.

Chairman: Philip A. Odeen

2007 Financial Data

Revenues: $13,588,000,000 | Net Income: $-95,000,000
Asssets: $34,453,000,000 | Earnings Per Share: $-0.14
Stockholder Equity: $3,164,000,000 | Annual Dividend: $0.00
Total employees: 28,000 | Local employees: 400

Company Leadership

Paul Hanrahan Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
John A. Koskinen Director
Philip Lader Director
Sandra O. Moose Director
Phil Odeen Chairman
Charles O. Rossotti Director
Sven Sandstrom Director
Kristina M. Johnson Director
Paul T. Hanrahan President and Chief Executive Officer
Andres R. Gluski Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Source: Compensation data provided by Equilar, Inc..

Paul T. Hanrahan
President and Chief Executive Officer
$7,436,442
Salary: $953,333
Andres R. Gluski
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
$3,347,671
Salary: $553,333

Did You Know

ADIOS: Even after AES sold its Caracas electric utility to the government of Venezuela in response to President Hugo Chávez's nationalization plans, its biggest business area remains Latin America.

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