Charles Edelstenne (born 9 January 1938) is the general manager of

Dassault Group Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault SAS (; also GIM Dassault or Dassault Group) is a French corporate group established in 1929 with the creation of Société des Avions Marcel Bloch (now Dassault Aviation) by Marcel Dassault, later led by his s ...

. He was the

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until replaced by

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in 2013, and he is also the chairman of

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. Trained as a French chartered accountant, he joined Dassault Aviation, then called ''Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Aviation'' in 1960 as

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(CFO). In 1975, he became

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of Dassault, then

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in 1986. He replaced

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as Dassault CEO in 2000. From 1993 to 2002, he was chairman and CEO of Dassault Systèmes. Since he became CEO of Dassault Aviation, he resigned as CEO of Dassault Systèmes but remains its chairman. He was president of the French GIFAS (''Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales'') from 2005 to 2009, followed by

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. He and his family own just over 6% of Dassault Systèmes' capital.

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