History Of Bouygues
Bouygues operates in the engineering and construction industry. Bouygues Group was founded by Francis Bouygues in 1952. In the early days, the group focused on the building sector in the Paris area. Bouygues rapidly extended its scope to include property development and industrial precasting. Bouygues consolidated its position as a contractor in the 1980's and diversified its activities.During the 1990's, the Bouyges Group continued to develop in construction on international markets. They also entered the field of television, and launched Bouygues Telecom. In the 2000s, the Group refocused on two sectors: construction and telecoms/media. Bouygues Group endevours to maintain sustainable development.
The Bouyges Group values include emphasis on people, customers, quality, creativity, and technical innovation. In the workplace, the values maintained by Bouyges are respect, promotion, training, young People, challenge and attitude. Bouygues is a diversified industrial group with a strong corporate culture.
Area of Operation
The five businesses of Bouygues are:- Construction
- Property Development
- Road Works
- Media
- Telecoms
Key Statistics
- Bouygues holds assets of $33.19 billion.
- Bouygues made profits of $1.16 billion in 2006.
- Bouygues operates in 80 countries
- Bouygues has 128,777 employees
Organization
Bouygues Group is at the top of its five companies: Bouygues Construction, Bouygues Immobiler, Bouygues Telecom, Colas and TF1.The corporate governance of Bouygues consists of:
- Board of Directors
- Committees
- Corporate Management
International Ranking
- Bouygues ranks 235th in the world according to the Forbes Magazine list.
- Bouygues ranks 191th in the Fortune Global 500 list.
Subsidiaries
Bouygues has regional subsidiaries throughout France and foreign subsidiaries offshore. The diversified group consists of the following business units which handle different business sectors:- Bouygues Construction
- Bouygues Immobiler
- Colas
- TF1
- Bouygues Telecom
Recent Acquisition
- In April 2006, Bouygues acquired the French state's 21% stake in ALSTOM.
- Agreement with BNP Paribas Group for the acquisition of their 6.5% stake in 2007.
Headquarter Address
32 Avenue Hoche,Paris, France 75008
Phone: 33-1-4420-1000
Website URL: www.bouygues.com
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