Mike Lynch

HP to pursue US$4 billion damages after death of tech tycoon Mike Lynch

The company risks its reputation as the prospect of pursing damages is likely to be unpopular after the tragedy

Rescue personnel stand near the body of a person in a bodybag at the scene where a luxury yacht sank, off the coast of Porticello, near the Sicilian city of Palermo, Italy.

Body of British tech entrepreneur Lynch retrieved from yacht, source says

Lynch, 59 had invited friends to join him on the yacht to celebrate his recent acquittal in a major US fraud trial

Lynch, 59, is best known for selling his company Autonomy Corp to Hewlett Packard for more than US$11 billion in 2011, the largest ever takeover of a British business at the time.

UK tech tycoon Lynch among missing after yacht sinks off Sicily

Italy’s coast guard is leading search and rescue operations and has recovered 15 people