Bouygues S.A. (French pronunciation: [bwiɡ]) is a French industrial group headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Bouygues is listed on Euronext Paris exchange and is a blue chip in the CAC 40 stock market index. The company was founded in 1952 by Francis Bouygues (educated at the École Centrale Paris, 1946) and since 1989 has been led by his son Martin Bouygues. In 2010 it had over 133,000 employees in 80 countries, generating €31.2 billion in revenue.

History[link]

The company was founded by Francis Bouygues in 1952.^[2]

In 1970 Bouygues became listed on the Paris Stock Exchange.^[2]

In 1985 and 1986 Bouygues acquired road construction groups Screg, Sacer and Colas;^{[note 1][3]} later reorganised as Colas group.^[2][4]

In 1987 the company started operating the television channel TF1.^[2]

In 1988 Bouygues moved into its new head office, the Challenger complex, in Saint-Quentin en Yvelines.^[2]

In 1996 the company launched Bouygues Télécom.^[2]

In 2006 the company acquired 23.26% of Alstom.^[2]

Business structure[link]

Telecom/media services and new construction businesses (construction, roads, buildings, etc.)^[5]

Construction

• Bouygues Construction (100% share): public works, electricity, maintenance
• Colas group (96.6% share): roadworks, construction and maintenance
• Bouygues Immobilier (100% share): residential, corporate, commercial and hotel real estate and urban development, property development
• BINA Istra (16% share): motorway development and management

Telecoms - Media

• Bouygues Télécom (89.5% share): mobile phone network
• TF1 Group (43.1% share): audiovisual group; with TF1 itself owning the Eurosport, LCI, TV Breizh, Odysée, and History channels. TF1 also owns 34.3% of Publications Metro France, a free-distribution press group.

Energy - Transportation

• Alstom (30.8% share): railways, electric energy production equipment and services

Corporate management[link]

• Martin Bouygues, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer^[6]

General Management

• Olivier Bouygues, Deputy CEO
• Jean-François Guillemin, Corporate Secretary
• Philippe Marien, Chief Financial Officer, Chairman of Bouygues Telecom
• Alain Pouyat, Executive Vice President, Information Systems and New Technologies
• Jean-Claude Tostivin, Senior Vice President, Group Human Resources and Administration

Line divisions:

• Yves Gabriel, Chairman and CEO of Bouygues Construction
• François Bertière, Chairman and CEO of Bouygues Immobilier
• Hervé Le Bouc, Chairman and CEO of Colas
• Nonce Paolini, Chairman and CEO of TF1
• Olivier Roussat, CEO of Bouygues Telecom

Financial data[link]

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Stock market data[link]

• ISIN Value Code = FR0000120503

Major construction projects[link]

Bouygues has been involved in many major projects including the Parc des Princes completed in 1972, ^[8] the Tour First in 1974, ^[9] the Musée d'Orsay completed in 1986, ^[10] the Île de Ré Bridge completed in 1988, ^[11] the Grande Arche completed in 1989, ^[12] the Hassan II Mosque completed in 1992, ^[13] the Channel Tunnel completed in 1994, ^[14] the Bibliothèque nationale de France completed in 1995,^[15] the Pont de Normandie completed in 1995^[16] and the Stade de France completed in 1998.^[17]

In the post soviet era Bouygues entered the building market in Turkmenistan with projects including several government buildings, the mausoleum of Saparmurat Niyazov and the largest mosque in central Asia,^[18] the Kipchak Mosque, completed in 2004.^[19]

The company is also building the Port of Miami Tunnel due to complete in 2014.^[20]

Related party transactions[link]

In 2006 The Economist reported a complex series of transactions between 1989 and 1997 through which Martin and Olivier Bouygues were able to personally acquire assets in the firm, to the detriment of other shareholders.^[21]

Head office[link]

The Bouygues head office is located at 32 Avenue Hoche in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. The American architect Kevin Roche worked on this building, as well as the previous head office location, the Challenger complex in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. This complex, situated in a 30 hectares (74 acres) tract in Guyancourt, is now occupied by Bouygues Construction, one of the group's subsidiaries.^[22][23]

Notes[link]

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Dominique Barjot, "Bouygues, 1952-1989: From the building industry to the service sector", www.econ.upf.edu (Department of Economics and Business, Pompeu Fabra University; European Business History Association (EBHA), 2004 Conference), http://www.econ.upf.edu/ebha2004/papers/3B3.doc 

External links[link]

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