Eletrobras

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A.
Company typePublic
B3ELET3
NasdaqEBR
BMADXELTB
IndustryElectricity
Founded11 June 1962; 62 years ago (1962-06-11)
Headquarters,
Brazil
Key people
Wilson Ferreira Júnior (CEO)[1][2]
ProductsElectrical power
ServicesElectricity distribution
Electric power transmission
Electric power generation
RevenueIncrease R$44.4 billion (2021)[3]
Increase R$10.9 billion (2021)[3]
Decrease R$5.7 billion (2021)[3][4]
OwnerBrazilian Government (46.63%)[5]
Number of employees
12,018 (2021)[3]
Websiteeletrobras.com

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. (Portuguese pronunciation: [eˌlɛtɾoˈbɾas], commonly referred to as Electrobras) is a major Brazilian electric utilities company. The company's headquarters are located in Rio de Janeiro.

It is Latin America's biggest power utility company, tenth largest in the world, and is also the fourth largest clean energy company in the world.[citation needed] Eletrobras holds stakes in a number of Brazilian electric companies, so that it generates about 40% and transmits 69% of Brazil's electric supply. The company's generating capacity is about 51,000 MW, mostly in hydroelectric plants. The Brazilian federal government owned 52% stake in Eletrobras until June 2022, the rest of the shares traded on B3. The stock is part of the Ibovespa index. It is also traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market and on the Madrid Stock Exchange.

  1. ^ "Wilson Ferreira Júnior reassume presidência da Eletrobras" (in Brazilian Portuguese). G1. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022 – via Reuters.
  2. ^ "Wilson Ferreira Junior toma posse" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Eletrobras Notícias. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "Relatório da Administração 2021". Eletrobras RI (in Brazilian Portuguese). 18 March 2022. pp. 56, 61, 68. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Eletrobras teve lucro de R$ 5,7 bilhões em 2021". Agência Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 19 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Capital Social - Eletrobras RI".