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Mike Lynch died just as he was planning his ‘second life’

Mike Lynch died just as he was planning his ‘second life’

The billionaire British tech tycoon loved to appear ruthless but was quick to help those in need.

Mike Lynch is one of Britain’s best-known and most controversial technology entrepreneurs. Bloomberg

Ben Wright, Matthew Field and James Titcomb

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When the foreman of the jury read out the “not guilty” verdict in a San Francisco courtroom on June 6, not only did Mike Lynch and his wife sitting in the front row of the gallery burst into tears, so did the defendant’s lawyers.

“There was not a dry eye on our crowded side of the courtroom,” said Chris Morvillo, a key member of Lynch’s legal team, in a recent interview.

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