Francis Bouygues

Francis Bouygues (; 5 December 192225 July 1993) was a French businessman and film producer. He founded the industrial company Bouygues in 1952 and ran it until 1989, when his son Martin Bouygues succeeded him.

Biography

Early life Francis Bouygues was born on December 5, 1922, in Auvergne. He graduated with an engineer's degree from École Centrale Paris in 1946.

Career In 1952, at the age of 29, he founded Entreprise Francis Bouygues, an industrial works and building company. In 1959, he founded Stim, a property development subsidiary of Entreprise Francis Bouygues.

In 1990, he founded Ciby 2000, a film production company with his son Martin Bouygues. They produced many films including The Piano.

He died aged 70 of a heart attack on July 25, 1993, in Saint-Malo, Brittany.

Personal life He was married to Monique Tézé and they had four children: Corinne (1947), Nicolas (1949), Olivier (1950), Martin (1952). He had lung cancer in 1976, but survived.