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Joy for ‘Britain’s Bill Gates’ and lawyers ends in superyacht tragedy

Joy for ‘Britain’s Bill Gates’ and lawyers ends in superyacht tragedy

Just weeks after a huge courtroom victory, UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch is among seven people, including top lawyers and a Morgan Stanley executive, missing off the coast of Palermo.

Matthew Field and James Titcomb

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Just weeks ago, Mike Lynch was walking out of a San Francisco courtroom a free man with tears in his eyes.

The technology tycoon known as “Britain’s Bill Gates” had improbably beaten the odds in a bitter US legal dispute with technology giant HP, convincing a jury that he was not guilty of claims of massive fraud.

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