Dennis Bakke of AES Corporation
Ken A. Smith
Dennis Bakke, cofounder and CEO of AES Corporation, is widely considered to be among today’s most successful corporate leaders. Together with Roger Sant, Bakke founded AES as an international independent power company in 1981 with the mission to serve the world’s need for electricity by offering clean, safe, and reliable power in a socially responsible way.
While the operating and financial performance of AES has been remarkable, Bakke would argue that his greater success lies in the people of AES. Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Business Week, and others have called Bakke one of the most ...
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