. vinci s.a. type soci t anonyme traded as euronext dg industry construction founded 1899 ; 117 years ago 1899 founder alexandre giros louis loucheur headquarters rueil malmaison france area served worldwide key people xavier huillard chairman and ceo yves thibault de silguy vice chairman services infrastructure and property construction transport infrastructure concessions motorways tunnels airports bridges car parks energy infrastructure and services revenue 36.96 billion 2011 1 operating income 3.60 billion 2011 1 profit 1.90 billion 2011 1 total assets 60.57 billion end 2011 1 total equity 13.61 billion end 2011 1 number of employees 183 320 end 2011 1 divisions eurovia vinci park vinci energies vinci construction vinci concessions airports stadiums highways autoroutes du sud de la france website www.vinci.com vinci corporately styled vinci is a french concessions and construction company founded in 1899 as soci t g n rale d enterprises . it employs over 179 000 people and is the largest construction company in the world by revenue . 2 vinci is listed at euronext s paris stock exchange and is a member of the euro stoxx 50 index . its head office is in rueil malmaison . 3 contents 1 history 2 ownership 3 financial data 4 turnover analysis 4.1 parking 5 major projects 6 criticism 7 references 8 external links history edit the company was founded by alexandre giros and louis loucheur as soci t g n rale d entreprises s.a. sge in 1899 . 4 in 1986 sge acquired sogea a business founded in 1878 . 4 started building yanggakdo international hotel in pyongyang dpr of korea . in 1988 the company acquired campenon bernard a business founded in 1920 . 4 in 1991 sge acquired norwest holst a company founded in 1969 . 4 in 2000 it changed its name to vinci . 4 in 2001 it acquired groupe gtm which was a combination of dumez founded in 1880 and gtm founded in 1891 . 4 in 2006 the company acquired autoroutes du sud de la france the southern freeways company . 5 in february 2007 vinci completed the acquisition of soletanche bachy the world second largest leading geotechnical specialist contractor after bauer . 6 in june 2007 weaver plc established as william weaver limited in 1865 became a wholly owned subsidiary of norwest holst limited construction company based in bromsgrove in the west midlands uk . in september 2008 vinci bought the uk operations of taylor woodrow construction . 7 in 2010 vinci acquired cegelec citation needed and the european aggregates businesses of tarmac . 8 in september 2010 vinci obtained meteor parking from the go ahead group . 9 in 2012 vinci signed a deal to buy ana aeroportos de portugal for 3080 million . in december 2013 vinci was awarded a contract worth 440 million to build an express lane highway system in atlanta georgia . 10 vinci and orix won a 45 year contract in 2015 to operate itami airport and kansai international airport in osaka prefecture japan at a price of around 18 billion . 11 ownership edit sge was owned by compagnie g n rale d lectricit cge now alcatel from 1966 to 1984 then by saint gobain from 1984 to 1988 and then by compagnie g n rale des eaux now vivendi from 1988 to 2000 . 12 the breakdown of share capital at 31 december 2015 13 institutional investors outside france 56.2 % institutional investors inside france 16.2 % individual shareholders 8.4 % employees 9.4 % qatari diar 4.0 % treasury shares 5.8 % financial data edit financial data in euro millions year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 sales 17 331 17 172 17 554 18 100 19 520 21 543 ebitda 1 122 1 557 1 664 1 778 2 021 2 150 net result share of the group 423 453 470 541 731 871 net debt 1 855 2 072 2 493 2 266 2 285 1 579 staff 122 070 129 499 127 380 127 513 128 433 133 513 source opesc 14 turnover analysis edit the turnover is split as follows 15 design and construction of works 43.6 % primarily in the fields of building civil engineering and hydraulics design construction renovation and upkeep of roads 30 % ; eurovia roads highways and rail roads . the group is also active in urban design and granulate production design execution and maintenance of energy and telecom infrastructures 16.3 % sub contracted infrastructure management 9.6 % primarily managing roads and highways mainly through cofiroute parking areas airport activities no. 3 worldwide for ground services other 0.5 % particularly real estate activities parking edit the company operates a number of car parks under the vinci park and meteor parking brands . many of the underground multi storey car parks it operates were built by vinci e.g. those throughout paris including under the champs lys es whilst other vinci park locations are contracted to it by hospital trusts pfi consortia property companies and local authorities . vinci bought meteor parking from the go ahead group in september 2010 and these locations were added to its portfolio . major projects edit vinci and its predecessor companies has been involved in many major projects including the gariep dam completed in 1971 16 the tour montparnasse completed in 1972 17 the centre georges pompidou completed in 1977 18 the yamoussoukro basilica completed in 1989 19 the new visitor entrance to the louvre completed in 1989 20 the channel tunnel completed in 1994 21 the pont de normandie completed in 1995 22 the stade de france completed in 1998 23 the rio antirrio bridge completed in 2004 . 24 and the atlantic bridge panama which is under construction . criticism edit vinci is involved in construction of the first 43 km of the moscow st.petersburg toll road through the valuable khimki forest . this construction has raised many protests in russia 75 % of the local community about 208 000 citizens of khimki oppose the project . 25 there have also been numerous human rights abuses surrounding the project with journalists and activists arrested assaulted and even killed . 26 27 furthermore vinci has caused protests surrounding its project to build an airport in notre dame des landes near nantes that is supposed to become the third biggest airport of france on 2000 hectares of bocage and humid areas with an acknowledged social and ecological value . this project which is considered to be a useless imposed mega project is financed through a public private partnership with profits going to vinci . as of november 2012 protests are ongoing to prevent the expulsion of mostly villagers and farmers who struggle to protect their environment and are supported both on a national and international level . citation needed vinci s norwest holst and taylor woodrow were revealed as subscribers to the uk s consulting association exposed in 2009 for operating an illegal construction industry blacklist . vinci was later one of eight businesses involved in the 2014 launch of the construction workers compensation scheme 28 condemned as a pr stunt by the gmb union and described by the scottish affairs committee as an an act of bad faith . 29 references edit a b c d e f 2011 annual report pdf . vinci . archived from the original on 12 august 2012 . retrieved 12 august 2012 . larsen ross ; smith heather 4 march 2009 . vinci rises most in two months on net gain outlook . bloomberg . retrieved 2009 04 19 . contact . map vinci . retrieved 7 july 2010 . a b c d e f vinci website company history . vinci.com . retrieved 20 november 2011 . autoroutes du sud de la france history . asf.fr . 16 january 2008 . retrieved 20 november 2011 . contract journal . contract journal . 19 may 2011 . retrieved 20 november 2011 . vinci buys taylor woodrow . new civil engineer . 10 september 2008 . retrieved 1 april 2012 . vinci buys tarmac s european businesses for 250m the construction index vinci park doubles uk operation with meteor acquisition shopping centre leila abboud 18 december 2013 . vinci wins u.s. highway project worth 440 million euro . reuters . fujita junko 22 may 2015 . orix only confirmed bidder for kansai airport rights after more drop out . reuters . retrieved 14 september 2015 . vinci website sge history . vinci.com . retrieved 20 november 2011 . https www.vinci.com vinci.nsf en page shareholders becoming shareholder.htm fiche d entreprise . opesc.org . retrieved 2013 04 13 . euronext . euronext . retrieved 2013 04 13 . vinci website hendrik verwoerd dam . vinci.com . retrieved 20 november 2011 . vinci website tour montparnasse . vinci.com . retrieved 20 november 2011 . vinci website centre georges pompidou . vinci.com . retrieved 20 november 2011 . vinci website basilica of our lady of peace of yamoussoukro . vinci.com . 25 march 1988 . retrieved 20 november 2011 . vinci website louvre . vinci.com . retrieved 20 november 2011 . channel tunnel on structurae database in german . en.structurae.de . retrieved 20 november 2011 . pont de normandie on structurae database in german . en.structurae.de . retrieved 20 november 2011 . vinci website stade de france . vinci.com . retrieved 20 november 2011 . rio antirrio bridge . road traffic technology . retrieved 1 april 2012 . . levada.ru . 15 september 2010 . retrieved 20 november 2011 . an engineering mom leads effort to save an old growth russian forest by fred weir correspondent 30 april 2012 christian science monitor russia halts forest highway construction as opposition grows 26 august 2010 by julia ioffe los angeles times construction blacklist compensation scheme opens . bbc news business . bbc . 4 july 2014 . retrieved 7 september 2015 . scottish affairs seventh report blacklisting in employment final report . www.parliament.uk . scottish affairs committee . retrieved 7 september 2015 . external links edit france portal companies portal official website v t e euro stoxx 50 companies of the euro area last update october 2015 air liquide airbus group allianz anheuser busch inbev asml holding assicurazioni generali axa banco bilbao vizcaya argentaria banco santander basf bayer bmw bnp paribas carrefour saint gobain daimler ag deutsche bank deutsche post deutsche telekom enel engie sa eni e.on essilor international fresenius se groupe danone iberdrola inditex ing group nv intesa sanpaolo l or al lvmh mo t hennessy louis vuitton m nchener r ckversicherungs gesellschaft nokia orange s.a. philips electronics safran sanofi sap se schneider electric siemens soci t g n rale sa telefonica total s.a. unibail rodamco unicredit unilever vinci sa vivendi volkswagen group v t e cac 40 companies of france last update 6 january 2016 accor air liquide airbus group alstom arcelormittal axa bnp paribas bouygues capgemini carrefour cr dit agricole danone edf essilor engie kering l or al lafargeholcim legrand lvmh michelin nokia orange pernod ricard peugeot publicis renault safran saint gobain sanofi schneider electric soci t g n rale solvay technip total unibail rodamco valeo veolia environnement vinci vivendi v t e go ahead group united kingdom bus companies anglian bus brighton & hove carousel buses go ahead london blue triangle docklands buses london central london general go north east go south coast bluestar marchwood motorways uni link damory coaches southern vectis wilts & dorset more salisbury reds tourist group hedingham chambers konectbus metrobus oxford bus company plymouth citybus thames travel singapore bus companies go ahead singapore united kingdom railway companies as govia govia thameslink railway including gatwick express great northern southern thameslink london midland southeastern defunct uk operations aviance uk east thames buses meteor parking solent blue line thames trains thameslink govia retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vinci sa & oldid 722805136 categories cac 40construction and civil engineering companies of francecompanies established in 18991899 establishments in francecompanies in the euro stoxx 50hidden categories cs1 german language sources de use dmy dates from