Top 5 Billionaire Scandals in 2013

No. 2: Serge Dassault and political intrigues

Like most billionaires on our countdown, French billionaire Serge Dassault was also involved in a scandal that had nothing to do with his businesses. The owner of Dassault Systems and Dassault Aviations was involved in a political intrigue, surrounding the elections in a small French town by the name of Corbeil Essonnes. According to Mediapart, who leaked several recordings, Dassault wanted to ensure that his favorite would win the elections and to do this, he bribed several voters. But 2013 is not the first time Dassault makes the headlines. In 1999, after the media revealed he had given money and gifts to his voters, the billionaire was forced to resign from his position as mayor.