page_title: Enel Américas
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Enel Américas / History
caption_attribution_description: Español: Enersis logo
context_page_description: Enel Americas is a conglomerate of electric energy companies operating in South America. Through its affiliates generates, transmits and distributes electric power in four South American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. It is one of the largest private companies in Latin America, adding a total installed capacity, to December 31st, 2019, of 11,267 MW, distributing electric energy to 25 million customers.
  Its controlling shareholder is the Italian company Enel S.p.A., a global energy company and one of the main integrated operators in the energy and natural gas sectors in the world. Present in 34 countries in the five continents, it has a net installed capacity of almost 90 GW and distributes electric power and gas through a power grid encompassing more than 2.2 million kilometers, supplying power to more than 73 million end consumers around the world.
  The current CEO is Mr. Maurizio Bezzeccheri and CFO Mr. Aurelio R. Bustilho de Oliveira. In August 2019, Enel Americas concluded the biggest capital raise in the history of Chile and the biggest of the previous 5 years in Latin America, achieving 3 billions USD, with 99,5% of participation among its shareholders.
context_section_description: On June 19, 1981, Compañía Chilena de Electricidad S.A. was reorganized into a parent company and three subsidiaries. One of these was Compañía Chilena Metropolitana de Distribución Eléctrica S.A. In 1985, under the Chilean government's privatization policy, the process of transferring the share capital of Compañía Chilena Metropolitana de Distribución Eléctrica S.A. to the private sector was begun, ending finally on August 10, 1987. 
  In this process, the pension fund management companies (AFPs), company employees, institutional investors, and thousands of small shareholders joined the Company. Its organizational structure was based on activities or operative functions whose results were evaluated functionally and its profitability was limited by a tariff structure as a result of the Company's exclusive dedication to the electricity distribution business.
caption: The former logo of the company
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