Company: Bouygues Industrial Group

Founder: Francis Bouygues

Industry: Construction, Telecommunication and Energy

History:
Bouygues is a French industrial group that specializes in public works, electricity and maintenance. Based in Paris, France, the company was established in 1952 by its founder, the late building mogul Francis Bouygues. Since 1989, the Bouygues Industrial Group has been run by his son Martin Bouygues.

In 1970, the company was listed in the Paris Stock Exchange. It started operating the television channel TF1 in 1987. Bouygues then moved into its new head office, Challenger, at Saint-Quentin en Yvelines in 1988. The company proceeded to launch the Bouygues Télécom in 1996. By the start of the millennium, Bouygues Industrial Group began acquiring other companies such as Colas in 2000 and 23.26% of Alstom in 2006. By 2008, the company housed more than 145,150 employees in 80 countries, generating revenues of €32.71 billion (or $42.21 billion).

The Bouygues Industrial Group has a list of various major projects that they handled, including the Parc des Princes in 1972, the Île de Ré Bridge in 1988, the Musée d’Orsay in 1986, the Grande Arche in 1989, the Hassan II Mosque in 1992, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in 1995, the Channel Tunnel in 1994, the Stade de France in 1998, the Pont de Normandie in 1995 and the Kipchak Mosque in 2004.

Leadership:
Martin Bouygues, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Olivier Bouygues, Deputy CEO