Clément Fayat

Clément Fayat (1931/32 – 3 July 2022) was a French billionaire entrepreneur, who founded Fayat Group at the age of 25. At his death, his net worth was estimated at US$1.2 billion.

Fayat was the son of a bricklayer, and left school at 15 to become a construction apprentice. He founded the civil engineering company Fayat Group when he was 25, and it is now France's largest privately-held construction and civil engineering company, with more than 21,000 staff in 170 countries.

Fayat was married and lived in Saint-Émilion, France. He had two sons, Jean-Claude et Laurent. In 2020, together with his sons, he created the Fayat Foundation.

Fayat died in July 2022, at the age of 90.