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Yvés Guillemot is the current CEO of [[Ubisoft]]. | [[File:Yves_guillemot.jpg|thumb|200px|Yves Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft]] | ||
'''Yvés Guillemot''' is the current CEO of [[Ubisoft]]. | |||
==Biograpgy== | |||
After completing his business studies, Yves launched out into the video games business with his four brothers and in 1986, at the age of 26, founded Ubi Soft Entertainment. At that point in time, Ubi Soft was a third party publishers' game distribution company. | |||
Between 1989 and 1990, Yves set up the first subsidiaries outside France, first in the United Kingdom, then in the United States and Germany; the three countries which represented the largest video games market in the West. In 1994 the first integrated production studio was opened in France, aimed at producing high quality games within a limited time-scale. In 1996, the company was introduced on the Paris Stock Exchange and the two major production studios opened in Shanghai and Montreal. | |||
In July 2000 Ubisoft, still eager to expand, bought out Red Storm Entertainment, the game publisher holding the Tom Clancy license. In 2000 Yves became the overall production and distribution manager of Ubisoft. Currently, he heads a company of more than 1700 employees that has become one of the world leaders in the video games business. The turnover for 1999-2000 exceeded 1 billion US Dollars. | |||
==External links== | |||
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1636878/ Yves Guillemot's] profile at the internet movie database | |||
*[http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,30503/ Yves Guillemot's] profile at MobyGames | |||
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Revision as of 03:38, 2 August 2011
Yvés Guillemot is the current CEO of Ubisoft.
Biograpgy
After completing his business studies, Yves launched out into the video games business with his four brothers and in 1986, at the age of 26, founded Ubi Soft Entertainment. At that point in time, Ubi Soft was a third party publishers' game distribution company.
Between 1989 and 1990, Yves set up the first subsidiaries outside France, first in the United Kingdom, then in the United States and Germany; the three countries which represented the largest video games market in the West. In 1994 the first integrated production studio was opened in France, aimed at producing high quality games within a limited time-scale. In 1996, the company was introduced on the Paris Stock Exchange and the two major production studios opened in Shanghai and Montreal.
In July 2000 Ubisoft, still eager to expand, bought out Red Storm Entertainment, the game publisher holding the Tom Clancy license. In 2000 Yves became the overall production and distribution manager of Ubisoft. Currently, he heads a company of more than 1700 employees that has become one of the world leaders in the video games business. The turnover for 1999-2000 exceeded 1 billion US Dollars.
External links
- Yves Guillemot's profile at the internet movie database
- Yves Guillemot's profile at MobyGames