E.ON

E.ON AG, marketed with an interpunct as E•ON, is the holding company of the world's largest investor-owned energy service provider based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The name comes from the Greek word aeon which means eternity. It operates in over 30 countries and serves over 26 million customers. It is one of the 30 members of the DAX stock index of major German companies and a member of the Global Titans 50 index. Its chief executive officer (Vorstandsvorsitzender) is Johannes Teyssen. The company came into existence in 2000 through the merger of energy companies VEBA and VIAG. In the UK, Powergen was eventually taken over itself by E.ON, an acquisition which was completed in January 2002. In 2003 E.ON entered the...