Olivier Dassault
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Olivier Dassault | |
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| Member of the National Assembly for Oise's 1st constituency | |
| Assumed office 19 June 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Yves Rome |
| In office 1988–1997 | |
| Preceded by | None - Proportional representation |
| Succeeded by | Yves Rome |
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| Born | 1 June 1951 Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Political party | The Republicans |
| Spouse(s) | Carole Tranchant (m. 1989, div.) Natacha Nikolajevic (m. 2009) |
| Relations | Laurent Dassault (brother) |
| Children | Héléna (b.1990), Rémi (b. 1995) and Thomas (b. 2011) |
| Parent | Serge Dassault |
| Alma mater | École de l'air |
Olivier Dassault (born 1 June 1951) is a French politician and billionaire, and a deputy in the French National Assembly.
Biography
He is the son of Nicole (née Raffel) and Serge Dassault; and the grandson of Marcel Dassault.
Dassault graduated from École de l'air as an combat engineering officer/pilot (1974) and served in the reserves of the French Air Force.
He was elected 16 June 2002 as deputy for the first circonscription of Oise, running on the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) ticket. He was re-elected in 2007.
A child of the founding family of the Dassault Group, he has taken and continues to work in a number of roles within the family firm. He is president of Dassault Communications, president of the board of directors of French publisher Valmonde (a former family property), member of the board of the French financial newspaper Journal des Finances and an administrator of Dassault subsidiary Socpresse.
As of July 2019, he has a net worth of $6 billion.
He is a 1974 graduate of the École de l'Air Air Force academy and has a master's degree in mathematics (1976) as well a doctorate in business management computing (1980). He is also passionate for photography and has published several books of his photos. Dassault is also a composer and musician and contributed scores for several movies in the late 70s and early 80s.[1]
Having qualified as a professional IFR pilot in 1975, he has set a number of world speed records:[2]
- 1977: New York to Paris in a Dassault Falcon 50
- 1987: New Orleans to Paris in a Dassault Falcon 900 (both jointly with Hervé Le Prince-Ringuet)
- 1996: Paris to Abu Dhabi in a Falcon 900 EX
- 1996: Paris to Abu Dhabi in a Falcon 900 EX (both jointly with Guy Mitaux-Maurouard and Patrick Experton)
References
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0202074/
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 December 2006. Retrieved 19 October 2006.
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