Overview
Our identity
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1952
Francis Bouygues creates Entreprise Francis Bouygues (EFB), a building firm. -
1963
Francis Bouygues founds the Minorange Guild, an in-house organisation that rewards the best site workers for their skills, professional ethics and mindset. There are now guilds at Bouygues Construction, Colas, Bouygues Telecom and Equans. -
1970
Bouygues is floated on the stock exchange. -
1972
Bouygues hands over Parc des Princes stadium, whose oval shape would later inspire the Group’s logo. -
1985-1993
Bouygues takes part in building the 50km long Channel Tunnel, of which 37 km is under the seabed. -
1986
Bouygues becomes the world’s largest construction firm after the acquisition of Screg, the parent company of Colas, the leading roadworks contractor at the time. -
1987
Bouygues acquires a stake in television channel TF1, and then becomes its largest shareholder. -
1989
Martin Bouygues becomes the Chairman and CEO of the Bouygues group, taking over from his father, Francis Bouygues. Bouygues rolls out its first company savings scheme. -
1994
Bouygues is awarded a licence to operate France’s third mobile phone network. Bouygues Telecom is founded in June 1994. -
2006
The Group introduces a Code of Ethics, which reasserts its key values of respect, integrity and responsibility. -
2021
Martin Bouygues becomes Chairman of the Board of Directors and Olivier Roussat the Chief Executive Officer of the Bouygues group. -
2022
Completion of the Equans acquisition on 4 October 2022.