Private company

AEG

1883–1996 German electronics company

AEG (Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft lit. "General Electricity Company") was a German electrical equipment manufacturer founded in 1883 by Emil Rathenau in Berlin.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

Apr 19, 1883Founded1
  • Industryaerospace industry, automotive industry, electrical industry, home appliance industry1
  • HeadquartersFrankfurt1
  • Founded inBerlin1
  • Legal formAktiengesellschaft1

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The story

Founded by Emil Rathenau on Apr 19, 1883, in Berlin.1

Leadership

Who has led AEG, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Board members and other officers (7)

Products and brands

  • car
  • electrical energy
  • home appliance
  • military aircraft

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Daimler-Benz AG since 1985

Owners

  • Daimler-Benz AG 100% since 1985

Subsidiaries

  • AEG factories at Humboldthain
  • Bank Elektrischer Werte
  • Compañía Alemana Transatlántica de Electricidad
  • Elektrizitäts-Lieferungs-Gesellschaft
  • Elektrowatt
  • Hartung-Jachmann
  • Hydrawerk
  • Kohlenveredlung und Schwelwerke
  • Kuba-Imperial
  • Leitz Wetzlar
  • Lloyd Dynamowerke
  • Neue Automobil Gesellschaft
  • Sächsische Elektrizitäts-Lieferungs-Gesellschaft
  • Teldec
  • Telefunken
  • Thüringer Electricitäts-Lieferungs-Gesellschaft
  • VEB Stahl- und Walzwerk Hennigsdorf
  • VEM Sachsenwerk
  • Vereinigte Isolatorenwerke

Also owns

  • Transatlantic Electric Tramway Company

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Aug 1982Acquired Küppersbusch1
  2. Succeeded Gesellschaft für elektrische Unternehmungen1
  3. Succeeded by AEG Hausgeräte1
  4. Succeeded by Daimler-Benz AG1

Employees over time

  • 199511,0001

Timeline

  1. Oct 2, 1996Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1994Renamed Name changed to AEG Daimler-Benz Industrie AG1
  3. 1985Acquired Acquired by Daimler-Benz AG1
  4. 1985Renamed Name changed to AEG AG1
  5. 1979Renamed Name changed to AEG-Telefunken AG1
  6. 1967Renamed Name changed to Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft AEG-Telefunken AG1
  7. 1887Renamed Name changed to Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft AG1
  8. Apr 19, 1883Founded Founded in Berlin1

Sources

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