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Mike Lynch, a prominent British tech tycoon and founder of the software company Autonomy, died at 59 in a boating accident off the coast of Sicily on August 19.
The accident occurred aboard a luxury yacht during a storm, resulting in the death of several people, including Lynch, while his teenage daughter remains missing. Lynch had recently been acquitted in a U.S. fraud trial related to the sale of Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard, a deal that later led to significant controversy and legal battles. Despite his achievements, his career was marred by disputes over the sale, culminating in a tragic end.
Lynch’s death comes just days after his co-defendant, Stephen Chamberlain, died in a car accident. Lynch leaves behind a legacy as a pioneering entrepreneur in the AI field and had recently expressed intentions to fund a British equivalent of the Innocence Project to aid wrongfully convicted individuals.