FRENCH politician and billionaire Olivier Dassault has been killed in a helicopter crash in northwestern France, local officials say. His pilot was also killed.
The accident happened on late Sunday afternoon when the aircraft went down in the town of Touques, near Deauville in the Normandy region.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known.
The helicopter was carrying Olivier Dassault, who had served as a member of the National Assembly since 2002. His pilot was also killed. The aircraft had taken off from a private property.
At the time of his death, Dassault’s net worth was estimated to be $7.3 billion, according to Forbes.
Dassault was one of Serge Dassault’s four children who inherited their father’s wealth when he died in 2018.
