Martin & Olivier Bouygues Net Worth
Martin & Olivier Bouygues Net Worth: Brothers Martin & Olivier Bouygues are French businessmen with a net worth of $4.1 billion. Martin and Olivier Bouygues own more than 21% of the Bouygues Group, a diversified industrial group founded in 1952 by their father Francis Bouygues. Besides construction, the company is also interested in telecommunications and media.
Martin started as an executive and is now chairman and CEO, while his brother Olivier is deputy CEO and CEO of his holding company SCDM. The firm’s most famous architectural projects include the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Riyadh University in Saudi Arabia, the Channel Tunnel, the Kwun Tong Viaduct in Hong Kong, numerous highways in Hungary and the Sydney Metro Airport Link. As for Bouygues Telecom, it grew in 2013 when its parent company poured money into the company to facilitate its expansion amid increased competition. In addition to this, the brothers also own a famous vineyard, Chateau Montrose, which they bought in 2006 and have been selling wine ever since. As a close friend of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Martin is the godfather of Sarkozy’s son. In July 2010, he was also awarded the highly prestigious Legion of Honor. According to Forbes, as of March 2013, they were ranked 12th among the richest people in France.
