Martin & Olivier Bouygues
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- construction, media
- Industry
- Construction & Engineering
- Residence
- Paris
Assets
- Bouygues S.A.85,355,000 shares @ --EN-FR
Biography
Brothers Martin and Olivier Bouygues own just over 20% of their eponymous industrial conglomerate Bouygues Group.
The Paris-headquartered giant, which boasted $40 billion in sales in 2020, 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 a board member.
Their father Frances (d.1993) started the construction firm in 1952. Their mother died in 2017 at age 93.
The brothers own winery Chateau Montrose, which they purchased in 2006.
About
Martin is a close friend of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and is the godfather of Sarkozy's son.
Martin was awarded the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, Legion d'Honneur, in July 2010.