Francis Bouygues (; 5 December 192225 July 1993) was a French businessman and film producer.Bouygues biography Roger Cohen, Francis Bouygues, Building Mogul And Media Executive, Dies at 70, The New York Times, July 25, 1993 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.
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