Martin Bouygues

Martin Bouygues is the chairman and chief executive officer of the French company Bouygues; founded by his father Francis Bouygues in 1952. In 2015 he was listed as the world’s 481st richest person, and is a billionaire.

  • Brothers Martin and Olivier Bouygues own about 20% of their eponymous industrial conglomerate Bouygues Group.
  • The Paris-headquartered giant, which boasted $35 billion in sales in 2016, operates in more than 100 countries in construction, telecoms and media.
  • Martin has been chairman and CEO of the company for more than two decades, while older brother Olivier is the deputy CEO.
  • Their father Frances (d.1993) started the industrial works and construction firm in 1952. Their mother died in 2017 at age 93.
  • The brothers own winery Chateau Montrose, which they purchased in 2006.

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