
Serge Dassault is a French entrepreneur ( Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dassault Group) and conservative politician. According to Forbes magazine, as of 2006 he was the 56th richest person in the world. Dassault's group also owns 82% of Socpresse which controls many important French newspapers and magazines, including Le Figaro, and L'Express. In 2004, Serge Dassault became a senator, and in this position, he has been an outspoken advocate of conservative positions on economic and employment issues, claiming that France's taxes and workforce regulations ruin its entrepreneurs.