Yves Guillemot E3 2016
Yves Guillemot at E3 2016.
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Ubisoft sheds more details on its victory over Vivendi at annual meeting

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Ubisoft shed more light on its annual meeting where its slate of directors was elected despite a looming takeover battle with French media company Vivendi.

Ubisoft said the shareholders expressed “massive support for the strategy and management of Ubisoft.” It approved the re-election of Yves Guillemot and Gérard Guillemot as directors; and two new independent directors, Frédérique Dame and Florence Naviner, were also elected on Ubisoft’s recommendation.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.