Key facts
- Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot died at age 69.
- He died in a plane crash in La Baule, France.
- Ubisoft confirmed his death in a statement.
- Guillemot co-founded Ubisoft with his brothers in 1986.
- He also served as chairman of Guillemot Corp.
Claude Guillemot, a co-founder of the French video game publisher Ubisoft, has died at the age of 69. The company confirmed his death in a statement, expressing sadness and offering condolences to his family. Guillemot, who co-founded Ubisoft with his brothers in 1986, died on Friday in a plane crash in La Baule, a resort town on France's Atlantic coast. He was one of two people aboard the twin-engine Cessna 421 plane, and both occupants perished in the incident. Guillemot helped transform Ubisoft from a software business into one of the world's largest video game companies and also served as chairman of the family's hardware arm, Guillemot Corporation.