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☆ British tech tycoon Mike Lynch likely died of suffocation after his 'Bayesian' superyacht sank off Sicily: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-08 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Tech tycoon Mike Lynch likely suffocated after his yacht sank off Sicily last month. Seven people died after the "Bayesian" yacht went down, including Lynch and his daughter Hannah. AdvertisementBritish tech tycoon Mike Lynch likely died of suffocation after his "Bayesian" superyacht sank off Sicily last month, autopsy results suggested, an investigative source told Reuters. Seven people died after the yacht went down during a storm off the coast of Porticello on August 19, including Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah. The unnamed source told Reuters that initial autopsy results on Hannah Lynch's body were inconclusive, but they ruled out traumas or wounds as a cause of death.

Persons: Mike Lynch, Lynch, Hannah, —, Hannah Lynch's Organizations: Service, Reuters, Business Locations: Sicily, British, Seven, Porticello

☆ Italian prosecutor opens manslaughter inquiry in Lynch yacht sinking
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

An Italian Coast Guard vessel and rib during search operations for the luxury yacht Bayesian which sank off the coast of Porticello, Sicily, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. An Italian prosecutor has opened a manslaughter investigation into the deaths of British tech magnate Mike Lynch and six other people who were killed when a luxury yacht sank off Sicily this week. The public prosecutor's office of Termini Imerese, headed by Ambrogio Cartosio, announced the investigation, saying the probe was not aimed at any individual person. Lynch's 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, was also among those who died when the family's 56-metre-long (184-foot) boat, the Bayesian, capsized during a fierce, pre-dawn storm on Monday off Porticello, near Palermo. Fifteen people survived, including Lynch's wife, whose company owned the Bayesian, and the yacht's captain.

Persons: Mike Lynch, Ambrogio Cartosio, Hannah Organizations: Italian Coast Guard Locations: Porticello, Sicily, Italian, Palermo

☆ Investigators say 5 bodies were found in the same cabin of Mike Lynch's superyacht as prosecutors begin looking into 'crime hypothesis'
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Investigators say five bodies were found in the same cabin of Mike Lynch's superyacht. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementInvestigators have said that the bodies of five people who died after British tech tycoon Mike Lynch's superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily were discovered in the same cabin.

Persons: Mike Lynch's superyacht, —, Bentivoglio Fiandra Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Porticello, Sicily

☆ Body of final person missing from sunken superyacht found off Sicily
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Divers of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian Corps. of Firefighters leave Porticello harbor near Palermo, to resume research for a last missing person on August 23, 2024, four days after the British-flagged luxury yacht Bayesian sank. Divers on Friday found the body of the final person missing after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of northern Sicily, the Italian fire service said. Eighteen-year-old Hannah Lynch, daughter of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, is the last person still unaccounted for, out of six people that went missing after the superyacht Bayesian sank suddenly during a violent storm in the early hours of Monday morning. Recaldo Thomas, a Canadian-Antiguan national who was working as a chef onboard, was confirmed dead earlier this week.

Persons: Hannah Lynch, Mike Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Jonathan Bloomer, Judy Bloomer, Clifford Chance, Chris Morvillo, Neda Morvillo, Recaldo Thomas, Angela Bacares Organizations: Italian Corps, Firefighters Locations: Porticello, Palermo, British, Sicily, Canadian

☆ Bayesian yacht: Body believed to be that of tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch’s daughter found by divers searching sunken Sicily boat
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

After retrieving six bodies from the wreck over the past four days, Lynch’s is the final body being searched for by Italian authorities. The body of her father, Mike Lynch, was retrieved and identified on Thursday, an Italian interior ministry official told Reuters. Fifteen people were rescued on Monday and one body was recovered – thought to be that on the onboard chef Recaldo Thomas. Five days on, Italian authorities are still working to understand how the 56-meter (184-foot) yacht sank so quickly. “In just 60 seconds, you can see the ship disappear,” he told Italian outlet ANSA.

Persons: Hannah Lynch, Mike Lynch, –, Lynch’s, Recaldo Thomas, Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Jonathan Bloomer, Judy Bloomer, Chris Morvillo, Neda Morvillo, ” Organizations: Italy CNN, Reuters Locations: Porticello, Italy, Sicily, Italian, American, “

☆ Mike Lynch, man once dubbed 'Britain's Bill Gates,' dies at age 59
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-22 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Mike Lynch, 59, is the founder of enterprise software firm Autonomy. Dominic Lipinski | PA Images | Getty ImagesDuring the course of the trial, Lynch took the stand in his own defense. He became a key voice supporting the U.K. technology industry, backing key names like cybersecurity firm Darktrace and legal tech firm Luminance. Mike Lynch, founder of software firm Autonomy, at the company's headquarters in, Cambridge, U.K., Aug. 24, 2000. Bryn Colton | Hulton Archive | Getty Images"I keep rare breeds," Lynch told LeadersIn in a 2016 interview.

Persons: Mike Lynch, Hewlett Packard, Chris Ratcliffe, Lynch, —, Angela Bacares —, Bacares, Hannah, Bill Gates, Graham Barclay, David Tabizel, Richard Gaunt, Thomas Bayes, Dominic Lipinski, Autonomy's, Stephen Chamberlain, Sushovan Hussain, Hussain, Thoma, Bryn, LeadersIn Organizations: Autonomy, Hewlett, Bloomberg, Getty, LONDON, CNBC, Sky News, Bancroft's, British Industry, University of Cambridge, Lynett Systems, Cambridge, South Yorkshire Police, Cambridge Neurodynamics, HP, U.S, Packard, Prosecutors, Capital Management, Thoma Bravo, BBC, Council for Science, Technology, Forbes, East Anglian Times, The Times Locations: Sicily, U.S, Porticello, Palermo, Italy, Ilford, East London, Chelmsford, English, Essex, Woodford Green, London, Cambridge, Britain, Suffolk, Bryn Colton, England

☆ 'Britain's Bill Gates': Who is Mike Lynch, the UK tech entrepreneur missing after superyacht sinks?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-20 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Mike Lynch, 59, is the founder of enterprise software firm Autonomy. Lynch, 59, is the founder of enterprise software firm Autonomy. During the trial, Lynch took the stand in his own defense, denying wrongdoing and telling jurors that HP botched Autonomy's integration. "I keep rare breeds," Lynch told LeadersIn during an interview. Weeks before he was reported missing, Lynch told The Times newspaper of how he feared dying in prison if found guilty over the HP allegations.

Persons: Mike Lynch, Hewlett Packard, Chris Ratcliffe, Lynch —, Bill Gates, —, Lynch's, Angela Bacares, Hannah —, Morgan, Jonathan Bloomer, Judy, Clifford Chance, Chris Morvillo, Neda, Stephen Chamberlain, Chamberlain's, Lynch, Autonomy's, Chamberlain, Sushovan Hussain, Hussain, David Tabizel, Richard Gaunt, Thoma, LeadersIn, Weeks Organizations: Autonomy, Hewlett, Bloomberg, Getty, LONDON, U.K, Morgan Stanley, Reuters, HP, U.S, Prosecutors, University of Cambridge, Lynett Systems, Cambridge, South Yorkshire Police, Cambridge Neurodynamics, BBC, Council for Science, Technology, Capital Management, Thoma Bravo, Forbes, East Anglian Times, The Times Locations: Sicily, Porticello, Palermo, Italy, Cambridgeshire, England, Britain, U.S, Ilford, East London, Chelmsford, English, Essex, U.K, British, Suffolk

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