British tech entrepreneur and Autonomy founder Mike Lynch was found dead after a yacht sank off the coast of Sicily. His daughter, Hannah, remains missing. The yacht capsized near Porticello with 22 passengers aboard. Five bodies have been recovered, including Lynch's, though only one has been officially identified by authorities. Lynch recently won a legal battle against Hewlett Packard over accusations of inflating Autonomy's value in a sale. He was also a prominent figure in the U.K. tech industry, backing firms like Darktrace and Luminance.
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00:02British tech entrepreneur and autonomy founder Mike Lynch was found dead after a yacht sank
00:07off the coast of Sicily.
00:09His daughter Hannah remains missing.
00:11The yacht capsized near Portocello with 22 passengers aboard.
00:14Five bodies have been recovered, including Lynch's, though only one has been officially
00:18identified by authorities.
00:20Lynch recently won a legal battle against Hewlett-Packard over accusations of inflating
00:24autonomy's value in a sale.
00:26He was also a prominent figure in the U.K. tech industry, backing firms like Dark Trace
00:30and Luminance.
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