Background
DASSAULT, Olivier André was born on June 1, 1951 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine, France. Parents: Serge Dassault and Nicole Dassault (née Raffel).
DASSAULT, Olivier André was born on June 1, 1951 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine, France. Parents: Serge Dassault and Nicole Dassault (née Raffel).
University of ParisDauphine, doctorate in informatics. International School of the Air, engineer and professional pilot’s 1FR (instruments and flight rules).
He was elected 16 June 2002 as deputy for the first circonscription of Oise, running on the Union for a Popular Movement (Universiti Malaysia Pahang) 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 a 1974 graduate of the École de l"Air Air Force academy and has a master"s degree in mathematics as well a doctorate in business computer systems
Dassault is also a composer and musician and contributed several scores for well known French movies. Having qualified as a professional IFR pilot in 1975, he has set a number of world speed records:
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).
Union for a Popular Movement, Rally for the Republic.
He is 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.
He is also passionate for photography and has published several books of his photos.
Spouse Carole Dassault (née Tranchant), 1989. Children: Héléna.