French entrepreneur and politician, Serge Dassault has a net worth of $22.5 billion in January 2018. The French senator is the chairman and CEO of Group Dassault, an aviation company he inherited from his father, Marcel Dassault. The group include Dassault Aviation which makes Mirage and Rafale jets, news outlet Le Figaro, aeronautic and space equipment space S.A.B.C.A. and other media companies. Before becoming senator in 2004, Dassault served as the mayor of Corbeil-Essones, a city south of Paris, until June 2009 when authorities reportedly discovered he made cash payments to voters. Dassault has been married to Nicole Raffel since July 1950. They have four children.