Tech Billionaire Mike Lynch Missing After Yacht Disaster

Tech Mogul Mike Lynch Among Missing

A dev­as­tat­ing mar­itime tragedy has unfold­ed off the coast of Sici­ly, with promi­nent British tech tycoon Mike Lynch among those feared lost at sea. 

The 59-year-old entre­pre­neur was onboard a 160-foot lux­u­ry yacht when it was struck by a pow­er­ful tor­na­do ear­ly Mon­day morn­ing, result­ing in the ves­sel sink­ing and claim­ing at least one life.

High-Stakes Entrepreneur

Known as the “UK’s answer to Steve Jobs,” Lynch made head­lines in recent years fol­low­ing his acquit­tal on fraud charges relat­ed to the sale of his soft­ware com­pa­ny, Auton­o­my, to Hewlett-Packard.

The tech bil­lion­aire was enjoy­ing a moment of per­son­al and pro­fes­sion­al tri­umph before the trag­ic incident.

Desperate Search and Rescue Underway 

The Ital­ian coast guard, along with local author­i­ties, has launched a mas­sive search and res­cue oper­a­tion in the after­math of the disaster. 

Divers have been deployed to inspect the sunken yacht, while res­cue teams con­tin­ue to scour the sur­round­ing waters for survivors.

In addi­tion to Lynch, five oth­er pas­sen­gers, includ­ing two Amer­i­cans, remain unac­count­ed for. Fif­teen peo­ple, includ­ing a young child, were res­cued and trans­port­ed to near­by hos­pi­tals for treatment.