BUSINESSJun 20 · 17:16 UTCFORTUNEAngela Charlton, The Associated Press

Claude Guillemot, who built Ubisoft into a gaming empire, dies at 69 in plane crash

Claude Guillemot, a founder of Ubisoft, died in a plane crash near La Baule airport in western France. The Cessna 421 crashed Friday evening, killing Guillemot and a flight instructor. Ubisoft, co-founded in 1986, is known for games like Assassin’s Creed, Just Dance, and Rayman.

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