Yves Guillemot
Yves Guillemot (born July 21, 1960,[1] in Carentoir, Brittany, France) is a French businessman best known as the co-founder and current Chairman and CEO of Ubisoft, a leading video game development company.
He is also a director at AMA Ltd.[2], Chairman of Ubisoft Entertainment S.A.,[3] director of Guillemot Corp., and Executive Vice President of GameLoft S.A.[4]
Biography
Yves Guillemot was born on July 21, 1960, in the French commune of Carentoir. In 1986, after completing his business studies and at the age of 26, Yves decided to found a video game company called Ubisoft Entertainment together with his brothers Claude, Michel, Christian, and Gerard. The name "Ubisoft" was inspired by the term "ubiquity," reflecting their ambition to have a global presence.[5]
Ubisoft
Between 1989 and 1990, Yves expanded the company beyond France, first establishing a presence in the United Kingdom, followed by the United States and Germany — three of the largest markets in the Western video game industry.
In 1994, the company opened its first production studio in France, focused on producing high-quality video games within a short development period.
In 1996, Ubisoft was listed on the Paris Stock Exchange. Shortly afterward, two new studios were opened in Shanghai and Montreal.
In July 2000, Ubisoft continued its expansion by acquiring Red Storm Entertainment, a video game publisher that held the rights to the Tom Clancy license. That same year, Yves became Ubisoft's Distribution Manager.[6]
In 2011, he produced the short film Assassin's Creed: Embers.
References
- ↑ http://www.zonebourse.com/GAMELOFT-4755/pdf/132162/GAMELOFT_Assembl%E9e-g%E9n%E9rale-ordinaire.pdf
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120621194142/http://www.amamobile.com/board_of_directors.html
- ↑ http://www.ubisoftgroup.com/en-US/about_ubisoft/management.aspx
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20121210032534/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=GFT:FP
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120122142115/http://stars.ign.com/objects/142/14230412_biography.html
- ↑ http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,30503/