[5] During the Second World War, he was jailed when his father was sent to Buchenwald for refusing any cooperation from his company, Bordeaux-Aéronautique, directed by Henri Déplante, André Curvale and Claude de Cambronne, with the German aviation industry.

[6] After his father's death in 1986, Serge Dassault continued developing the company, with the help of CEOs Charles Edelstenne and Éric Trappier.

[citation needed] According to Forbes, the Dassault family also owns a winery, property in Paris, and an art auction house.

[7] Dassault was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement political party, as was his son Olivier, who was a deputy in the National Assembly.

[10][user-generated source] He died suddenly in his office at the Dassault Group headquarters in Paris on 28 May 2018, from heart failure at the age of 93.