Light S.A.

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Light S.A.

Company type	Sociedade Anônima
Traded as	B3: LIGT3
Industry	Electricity
Founded	1904
Headquarters	Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
Key people	Octavio Lopes Pereira, (CEO)
Products	Electrical power
Services	Electricity distribution Electricity transmission
Revenue	US$ 4.3 billion (2021)[1]
Net income	US$ 13.931  million (2021)[1]
Number of employees	3,735
Website	www.light.com.br

Light S.A. (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈlajtʃ]) is a private sector public utility company of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in 1904 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada by The Rio de Janeiro Tramway, Light and Power Co. Ltd., it was authorized to operate in Brazil in 1905.

Research activities of generation, distribution and sale of electricity and each of these areas is represented by a different company. Currently the controlling stake in Light is owned by CEMIG, an electric company based in Belo Horizonte.