Child, Christophe Vassas is immersed in the small nautical world by his father, a pleasure boat mechanic in the port of La Grande-Motte . At the age of 7, he discovers the Optimist and develops a real passion for light sailing, which he will practice throughout his youth. After technical studies - he likes mechanics - he joins his father in Greece who works in the maintenance of the engines of sailing boats of a charter company. This will be the beginning of a long career in the engine or marine propulsion field: product manager, technical salesman, sales managerâ?¦
Thanks to the expertise he acquired in terms of engines and boats, he then took over the commercial management of Volvo Penta . At the time of the divorce of the two engine manufacturers (Volvo Penta distributes in France the marine engines Suzuki ), he then became Director of France for the group Suzuki Marine.