Well in the begining it says that he was killed in a tragic car accident but SPOILER ALERT: He was actually killed by a barrage of bullets just after exiting the highway
Ian Rider is Alex Rider's uncle's name
He found the Stormbreaker file and discovered that his uncle was actually a spy.
He was an Overseas Finance Manager for the Royal and General Bank.
Ian Rider is killed by Yassen after he eludes the gunmen.
Yassen Grovoyavich was the assassin who worked for *spoiler* Scorpia who had killed Alex's uncle, Ian Rider. I would say more about him but it would be a spoiler...
Ian rider is dead Alex joins MI6 Yassen helps Alex at the end.
To help Herod ship out the Stormbreakers and also to assassin Ian Rider.
Alex was very uncomfortable to become a spy, since he knew that it would involve lots of dangerous tasks and once were in that world you could never go back. Also being a spy could be the death of you and others, like Ian Rider(uncle), John Rider(father) and his wife(mother)
In "Stormbreaker", an orphaned teen learns that he has been raised to be the perfect super spy. When the uncle who raised him disappears, he is recruited and armed with high tech aids to embark on his first mission. He investigates the motivations of a billionaire Ian Rider, who has gifted the nation's schools with free Stormbreaker super computers. He learns activation of these computers will launch a secret weapon throughout the country and he is in a race against time to stop it.
David Cross
His housekeeper jack. And his uncle, Ian.
My Uncle, Ian Adams. He was a nice guy, my uncle, but unfortunately he is now deceased. :(