Grupo Elektra

Grupo Elektra S.A.B. de C.V.
Company typeSociedad Anónima Bursátil de Capital Variable
BMV: ELEKTRA[1]
BMAD: XEKT
IndustryRetail, Banking, Finance
Founded1950; 74 years ago (1950)
HeadquartersMexico City, Mexico
United States
Area served
Mexico, Central America, South America
Key people
Ricardo B. Salinas, (Chairman)[2]
Fabrice Deceliere Márquez, (CEO Elektra Stores)[3]
Alejandro Valenzuela del Río, (CEO Banco Azteca)[3]
Mauro Aguirre Regis, (CFO)[4]
ProductsHome appliance, mobile phone, computers, consumer electronics, furniture, white goods, money transfers, extended warranties, ecommerce, financial services, deposits, personal loans, credit cards, commercial loans, liability insurance, life insurance, pension funds.
RevenueIncrease $ 75,902 million (2015)[5]
Increase $ 9,194 million (2015)[5]
Number of employees
65,346 (2015)[6]
SubsidiariesBanco Azteca, Advance America, Italika, Seguros Azteca, Afore Azteca, Punto Casa de Bolsa[7]
Websitewww.grupoelektra.com.mx

Grupo Elektra is a Mexican financial and retailing corporation established by Hugo Salinas Price. The company has operations in Latin America and is the largest non-bank provider of cash advance services in the United States.[8]

It is listed on the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (ELEKTRA*) and on the Spanish Stock Market Latibex (XEKT).

The company operates through two divisions to satisfy the needs of its customers: commercial and financial.

  1. ^ ".::. Grupo BMV .::. Trading Statistics".
  2. ^ "Grupo Elektra | Gobierno Corporativo".
  3. ^ a b "Grupo Elektra | Carta de los Directores Generales".
  4. ^ ".::. Grupo BMV .::. Profile".
  5. ^ a b Elektra, Grupo (2015). "Grupo Elektra anuncia crecimiento de 37% de utilidad de operación (Spanish)" (PDF): 5. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ Elektra, Grupo (2015). "Grupo Elektra anuncia crecimiento de 37% de utilidad de operación (Spanish)" (PDF): 9. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ Elektra, Grupo (2016). "Cotiza en Bolsa Mexicana de Valores. Informe Anual 2015 (Spanish)" (PDF): 47. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ Advance America. "Advance America. About Us. Where we Are". Retrieved 15 August 2016.