Crashed in western France
Updated 08.32 | Published 2026-06-20 16.18
Claude Guillemot, founder of the game company Ubisoft, is dead.
He died in a plane crash in France, the company said in a statement.
Claude Guillemot was one of five brothers who founded the gaming company Ubisoftwhich is above all known for the “Assassin’s creed” series. He was traveling in a small Cessna 421 aircraft when it crashed in La Baule in western France.
He is said to have owned the aircraft and to have been the pilot himself at the time of the accident. A flight instructor was also on board. Both perished.
“We were deeply saddened to learn that Claude Guillemot, co-founder of the group and chairman of the board of the Guillemot Corporation, died in an accident,” writes Ubisoft in a statement according to IGN.
“Our thoughts go out to his family and relatives during this difficult time.”
