Died 2018-05-28.
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Serge Dassault
Serge Dassault was a French engineer, businessman and politician. He was the chairman and chief executive officer of Dassault Group, and a conservative politician. According to Forbes, Dassault's net worth was estimated in 2016 at US$15 billion.
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business · French businessman and politician (1925–2018) · politician · business executive · military flight engineer · entrepreneur · publisher · businessperson · engineer · also Serge Dassault, Serge Bloch, Dassault
Born 4 April 1925 · Died 28 May 2018 · Q981270
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2018· 2 entries
Career landmark: funeral.
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2014· 1 entry
Appointed Charles Edelstenne as his successor
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2005· 1 entry
Inaugurated the €2 million Islamic cultural centre (comprising a mosque) in his city of Corbeil-Essonnes
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2004· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (2004).
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Career landmark: Senator of the French Fifth Republic (2004–2017).
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Became a senator, and in that position, he was an outspoken advocate of conservative positions on economic and employment issues, claiming that France's taxes and workforce regulations ruin its entrepreneurs
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2000· 1 entry
Upon reaching the company's statutory age limit, he became honorary chairman of Dassault Aviation
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1995· 1 entry
Career landmark: Mayor of Corbeil-Essonnes (1995–2009).
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1988· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the general council (1988–2004).
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1986· 3 entries
Via secret ballot after one state representative defied orders—reportedly swayed by President François Mitterrand, who had been persuaded by General Pierre de Bénouville (a close friend of Marcel Dassault and longtime al
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Serge Dassault continued developing the company, with the help of CEOs Charles Edelstenne and Éric Trappier
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Career landmark: member of the regional council of Île-de-France (1986–1995).
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1963· 1 entry
Received an Executive MBA from HEC Paris
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1962· 1 entry
Unveiled the Mystère 20—the first business jet in the Falcon family—at the National Business Aviation Association exhibition in Pittsburgh
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1960· 1 entry
After transferring to the export division, he negotiated the sale of Mirage III jets to Australia and Switzerland
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1954· 1 entry
Worked as a test engineer on prototype development and was appointed director of flight testing a year later, overseeing trials for the Super Mystère, Étendard, Mirage III, and Mirage IV
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1951· 1 entry
After graduating from Sup'Aéro, he joined Générale aéronautique Marcel Dassault as an engineer in the serial aircraft design office
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1929· 1 entry
His father founded what is now Dassault Aviation
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1925· 1 entry
Born 1925-04-04.
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