This French billionaire, known mainly for designing the Mirage jet fighter planes, was also involved in newspaper publishing, politics (he was a senior deputy in the National Assembly) and radio broadcasting. He financed and/or produced film some of which are: Le Gifle, La Boum, La Boum 2, Le Temps Des Vacances, Jamasis Avant Le Mariage, L'ete De ...
French industrialist, engineer, aviation-magazine editor, journalist, politician, motion-picture angel, publisher of popular glossy magazine Jours de France, tract-housing developer, and fan of science fiction. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre.
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Born to Dr. Adolphe Bloch, a physician, and Noemi Allatini Bloch, Marcel adopted the surname of Dassault, the code name of a brother in the French Resistance, soon after World War II.