Bouygues


Bouygues S.A. is an 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 and since 1989 has been led by his son Martin Bouygues.
The group specialises in construction, real estate development, media, and telecommunications.

History

The company was founded by Francis Bouygues in 1952. In 1970 Bouygues became listed on the Paris Stock Exchange. In 1985 and 1986 Bouygues acquired road construction groups Screg, Sacer and Colas; later reorganised as Colas Group. In 1987 the company started operating the television channel TF1 and in 1988 Bouygues moved into its new head office, the Challenger complex, in Saint-Quentin en Yvelines. In 1996 the company launched Bouygues Télécom and in 2006 the company acquired 23.26% of Alstom. In 2010, through its subsidiary Nerem Telecom, Boygues also acquired HGT Telecom for $170 million from Henri Benezra and his brother Avi.
In 2014, consecutively to Alstom's cession of its Energy activities to General Electric, Bouygues granted a call option to the French government allowing it to acquire a maximum of 20% of Alstom, currently owned by the group.

Business structure

Telecom/media services and new construction businesses
Construction
Telecoms - Media
Transportation
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Stock market data

Années200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017
Market capitalisation, in millions of Euros16 30019 80010 40012 90011 8007 6667 2638 75410 07612 61312 08315 860

Major construction projects

Bouygues has been involved in many major construction projects including

Europe

Bouygues is also involved in HS2 lot C1, working as part of joint venture, with main construction work to start in 2018/9.

Africa

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 tract in Guyancourt, is now occupied by Bouygues Construction, one of the group's subsidiaries.

Group and values

Social and environmental commitment

Since 2006, Bouygues has participated in the United Nations Global Compact The group sponsors The Shift Project think tank, with several other companies such as EDF, BNP Paribas or Saint-Gobain, which promotes sustainable economic development.

Patronage

Bouygues focuses its patronage on education, social issues and medical research. Each subsidiary supports its own foundation:

Flamanville

Between 2009 and 2011, Bouygues S.A. was illegally employing workers from Poland and Romania exposing them to inhuman working conditions at the construction site of the Flamanville nuclear power plant in Normandy, France. The company was later condemned for their practices before the court in Cherbourg and was ordered to pay sanctions.

Cyberattack on Bouygues Construction SA

On 30 January 2020 a ransomware-type virus was detected on Bouygues Construction's computer network although operational activity on the construction sites was disrupted. The "Maze Ransomware Gang" claimed responsibility for the attack and posted a 1.2 GB file that allegedly contained data taken from Bouygues Construction.