The names of the dead and missing were not immediately released, but a person familiar with the rescue operation confirmed that Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, were not accounted for. Among the missing and feared dead were Lynch’s lawyer Christopher Morvillo and Morvillo’s wife, according to a colleague. Italian media said the dead man...
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British tech tycoon Mike Lynch missing after superyacht sinks
The superyacht, named Bayesian, capsized at about 5am off Palermo and had mostly British passengers on board British technology tycoon Mike Lynch who is missing after the luxury yacht, Bayesian sank in bad weather off the coast of Sicily(Image: Yui Mok/PA Wire) British technology tycoon Mike Lynch is among six tourists missing after a luxury...
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Who is Mike Lynch, the UK tech boss missing in superyacht sinking?
Mike Lynch, the software millionaire missing after the sinking of a superyacht off the coast of Sicily, is one of the few examples of a UK entrepreneur to create a global technology company. That fact led to seemingly obligatory descriptions of him as “Britain’s Bill Gates” but, in truth, his story differs hugely from that...
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Who is British tech tycoon Mike Lynch? Meet the man dubbed ‘Britain’s Bill Gates’ and James Bond obsessive feared to be on Bayesian sunken yacht
He is the tech tycoon dubbed Britain’s ‘Bill Gates‘ who is now feared to have been on board a sunken superyacht. Mike Lynch, a former advisor to then-Prime Minister David Cameron and BBC board member, is believed to be among the passengers trapped on the luxury yacht which sank off the coast of Sicily this morning. Divers are...
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British tech magnate Mike Lynch among those missing after luxury superyacht sinks off Sicily
Rome — British tech magnate Mike Lynch and five other people were missing after their luxury superyacht sank during a freak storm off Sicily early Monday, Italy’s civil protection and authorities said. Lynch’s wife and 14 other people survived. Lynch, who was acquitted in June in a big U.S. fraud trial, was among six people...
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British Tech Entrepreneur Mike Lynch Missing After Yacht’s Sinking
British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter are reported to be among several people missing after a superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily on Monday. The 59-year-old was sailing with a group off the Sicilian capital of Palermo when the vessel got caught in a violent storm, Reuters reported, citing a person...
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British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch reported missing after superyacht sinks off Sicily
Mike Lynch, former chief executive officer at Hewlett-Packard Co.’s Autonomy unit, speaking at a conference on Thursday, April 25, 2013. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch is missing after the sinking of a superyacht off the coast of Sicily, sources familiar with the matter told CNBC. The sources,...
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Brit tech tycoon Mike Lynch among six missing after his superyacht Bayesian was ‘hit by freak waterspout’ off Sicily while his wife was among 15 rescued – as divers ‘find body of ship’s chef’ and scour wreck 160ft down on sea bed
British tech tycoon Mike Lynch is missing along with six other tourists after his luxury superyacht was hit by a freak waterspout and sank off the coast of Sicily this morning, it has emerged. The luxury sailboat was docked off the coast of Porticello, near Palermo, when a tornado hit the area just before 5am,...
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Mike Lynch: British entrepreneur missing after Bayesian yacht sinks off Sicilian coast
British tech billionaire Mike Lynch is missing off Sicily’s coast after a yacht sank, Sky News understands. One person is dead and six others are missing after a UK-flagged superyacht named Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily in a storm. Follow live: Superyacht sinks latest Sky News also understands the yacht – which is...
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Bayesian yacht Sicily latest: British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch among missing after yacht sinks off Sicily
Who is Mike Lynch, the tech entrepreneur reportedly missing?published at 13:55 British Summer Time 13:55 BST Image source, PA Media British businessman Mike Lynch, who is reportedly missing after the luxury yacht sank off the coast of Sicily, made his fortune in the IT industry. Lynch co-founded software company Autonomy in Cambridge in 1996, which...
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What we know about Bayesian yacht tragedy as UK tech tycoon and daughter missing
Police divers searching a British superyacht that sank off the coast of Sicily are taking 12-minute underwater shifts to try to locate those missing. The rotating search teams, clad in wetsuits and equipped with oxygen tanks, can only stay below for that length of time because the Bayesian vessel is resting at a depth of...
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Bayesian yacht live: Mike Lynch missing alongside daughter, 18, ‘after tornado sinks superyacht’
Bayesian yacht live: Mike Lynch missing alongside daughter, 18, ‘after tornado sinks superyacht’ Jump to content