{"id":22177,"date":"2026-06-22T00:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/ubisoft-co-founder-claude-guillemot-dies-in-plane-crash\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T00:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:00:22","slug":"ubisoft-co-founder-claude-guillemot-dies-in-plane-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/ubisoft-co-founder-claude-guillemot-dies-in-plane-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot dies in plane crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Claude Guillemot, co-founder of French video game company Ubisoft, died Friday at the age of 69.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to French media (via Bloomberg), Guillemot died in a plane crash in the French resort town of La Baule. He was one of two people aboard the plane, both of whom died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guillemot founded Ubisoft with his four brothers in 1986. Since then, the company has published the Assassin&rsquo;s Creed, Far Cry, Prince of Persia, and Tom Clancy video game franchises, as well as many other titles. The family retains control of Ubisoft, and Guillemot&rsquo;s brother Yves is still CEO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guillemot was also chairman of Guillemot Corp., which makes gaming and audio accessories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&ldquo;Ubisoft was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Claude Guillemot, co-founder of the group and chairman of Guillemot Corp., in an accident,&rdquo; Ubisoft said in a statement. &ldquo;Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones during this difficult time. No further statements will be made at this time.&rdquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot dies in plane crash<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claude Guillemot, co-founder of French video game company Ubisoft, died Friday at the age of 69. According to French media (via Bloomberg), Guillemot died in a plane crash in the French resort town of La Baule. He was one of two people aboard the plane, both of whom died. Guillemot founded Ubisoft with his four&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/ubisoft-co-founder-claude-guillemot-dies-in-plane-crash\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot dies in plane crash&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}