The appointment of Eric Trappier was announced in February by the Dassault family holding company. He will also retain his position as CEO of Dassault Aviation, the group said.
The CEO of Dassault Aviation, Eric Trappier, replaces Charles Edelstenne as president of the Marcel Dassault industrial group (GIMD) on Thursday, the group announced Thursday in a press release.
The appointment of Eric Trappier was announced in February by the Dassault family holding company. He will also retain his position as CEO of Dassault Aviation, the group said.
Charles Edelstenne, 87, former boss of Dassault Aviation and founder of Dassault Système, is also named honorary president, “as a testimony to the family’s recognition for his entire exceptional career in the Dassault group”, indicates the press release.
He took the reins of the family holding following the death in May 2018 of Serge Dassault, for whom he was his trusted man.
Empire
The Dassault empire extends from the aeronautics and defense industry (Dassault Aviation with the Rafale and Falcon), to the press (Le Figaro), including software publishing (Dassault Systèmes), real estate ( Immobilière Dassault), auctions (Artcurial) and viticulture (Château Dassault in Bordeaux).
-The Dassault family, whose interests are represented by the GIMD, owns 64% of Dassault Aviation and 40% of Dassault Systèmes. These holdings make it the sixth French family fortune with more than 28 billion euros in professional assets, according to the 2024 ranking of Challenges magazine.
Aged 64, Eric Trappier spent his entire career within Dassault Aviation, of which he became CEO in 2013.
Having promoted Mirage sales abroad throughout his career, his main achievement at the head of the aircraft manufacturer is to have made the Rafale an export success, a condition for balance. economics of the company.
In service since 2004, the combat aircraft waited until 2015 before finding a buyer abroad.
Eric Trappier is also president of the Union of Metallurgical Industries and Trades (UIMM), the powerful employers’ federation in the sector.
