Martin became Chairman and CEO of Maison Bouygues in 1989 after being appointed Vice-Chairman of the Board in 1987. Martin led the company to expand into construction and telecoms/media. In 2011 Bouygues S.A. had a revenue of over $32 billion Euro with a profit of over $1 billion Euro and over 130,000 employees. Martin was listed as the 214th richest person in the world in 2006. His older brother Nicolas was expected to be appointed Chairman and CEO and graduated as an engineer from Ecole Centrale Paris like his father and grandfather but Nicolas was not able to get along with his farther.
