UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, 59, has been confirmed lifeless after a number of days of search and rescue efforts, a number of information companies report. The 183-foot super-yacht, Bayesian, capsized off the coast of Sicily round 5 AM native time on Monday morning throughout a violent storm. Lynch was considered one of 22 people on board, together with passengers and crew, with 15 people rescued and one physique discovered instantly following the occasions. 5 extra our bodies, together with Lynch’s, have since been recovered. Presently, his daughter is the one individual nonetheless lacking, Reuters studies, citing sources near the rescue operation.
Lynch co-founded tech firms Autonomy and Darktrace and based enterprise capital agency Invoke Capital. Following the $11 billion sale of Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard, Lynch has spent the previous decade-plus engulfed in a authorized battle over allegations of inflating gross sales and deceptive HP. A San Francisco jury acquitted him in June of all 15 counts of fraud.
The yacht tour was meant to have fun Lynch’s latest victory, with household, pals, and enterprise associates becoming a member of him. Different members of the deceased embody the yacht’s chef, Neda and Chris Morvillo, a Clifford Probability lawyer who represented Lynch and Judy and Jonathan Bloomer, a non-executive chairman of Morgan Stanley Worldwide. Angela Bacares, Lynch’s spouse, escaped the wreckage and is protected.
Lynch’s co-defendant, Stephen Chamberlain, 52, additionally confronted tragedy this week. The BBC studies he was hit by a automobile on Saturday, August 17, whereas out operating in Cambridgeshire, England, and died from his accidents.
