Francis Bouygues born the December 5th 1922 with Paris and dead the July 24th 1993 is the founder of the group of BTP Bouygues, now directed by one of its sons, Martin Bouygues.

The engineer of the rebuilding

Engineer of the central School of Paris (1947" A") like his father Georges (1913) and his oldest son Nicolas (1971), it settles in 1952, at 29 years, as building contractor.

Provided with a research department and a “office of the methods”, its company specializes, in these years of post-war period marked by a strong housing shortage, in the methods of industrial premises, Francis Bouygues breaking with the timorées and family practices which dominated in the profession.

This modernistic ambition meets that of the political planners of IVe République. Named in 1955 adviser technical with the ministry for the Rebuilding under Robert Duchet, Francis Bouygues acquires a useful experiment and knowledge there.

Identity and culture of company

Francis Bouygues also equipped its company with a strong identity culture, very particular, institutionalized by the introduction of an internal order of trade-guild. Created in 1963 the “Order of the Companions of the Minorange” distinguishes an elite from employees whose fidelity with the group is exaltée and rewarded and who must defend the values of their profession.

These employees frame a majority of workers of immigrant origin who account for 88% of the personnel to the beginning of the year 1970. They do not profit from the same attentions and Francis Bouygues declares about them in November 1971: “ We cannot form it because if we form it, we do not have the hope to preserve it. These people-there came to France to earn money. And from there, it is equal for them to work twelve hours per day and even sixteen hours the summer when they can it. ”

A concrete empire and images

Under its direction the lines of business will not cease extending in the building, on the international market since 1972, but also in public works and the real estate, and in 1986 Bouygues becomes the first world group of the BTP. It repurchases TF1 in 1987. In 1988, Kevin Rock American architect, carried out " Challenger" , seat of the Bouygues company located which occurred Eugene Freyssinet in the town of Guyancourt in Yvelines.

It is one of the characters key of the Scandale Aranda.

There leaves the company to his son Martin Bouygues in 1989 and, while remaining administrator of the group, is devoted to the film production until its death in 1993.

External bond

Biography detailed on the site of the Bouygues group

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