Olivier Dassault
Olivier Dassault was a French politician and billionaire businessman, who served as a deputy in the National Assembly.
Early life and education
Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, he was the son of businessman and politician Serge Dassault and his wife Nicole, and the grandson of industrialist Marcel Dassault. Dassault graduated from École de l'air as a combat engineering officer and pilot in 1974. He was then a reserve member of the French Air Force.Career
In June 2002, he was elected as deputy for the first circonscription of Oise, running on the Union for a Popular Movement ticket, the first to hold this office following the shift from Proportional Representation. He was re-elected in 2007.A scion of the founding family of the aerospace engineering company Dassault Group, he worked in a number of roles within the family firm. He was president of Dassault Communications, president of the board of directors of French publisher Valmonde, member of the board of the French financial newspaper Journal des Finances and an administrator of Dassault subsidiary Socpresse.
In April 2020, his net worth was estimated to be US$4.7 billion.
He was a 1974 graduate of the Air Force Academy and held a master's degree in mathematics as well a doctorate in business management computing. During his lifetime, he cultivated a passion for photography and published several books of his photographs. Dassault was also a composer and musician, and contributed scores for several movies in the late 1970s and early 1980s.