Person Lynch; Michael Richard (1965 - 2024); technology entrepreneur Lynch Michael Richard technology entrepreneur Mike Lynch 1965 - 2024 British Male Illford, London, England 16/06/1965 19650616 The Bayesian superyacht, Mediterranean Sea, off Porticello, Santa Flavia, Sicily, Italy, Europe 19/08/2024 20240819

Technology entrepreneur Computer systems Computer science Computer technology Technology Machine learning Education: Bancroft's School, Woodford, London; Christ's College, Cambridge (1983-1986) (MA, PhD) Career: Set up his first company, Lynett Systems Ltd, whilst working on his PhD in artificial neural networks (1980s); founded Cambridge Neurodynamics, a company specialising in computer based finger print recognition (1991); in collaboration with Richard Gaunt and David Tabizel founded a software search company, Autonomy, which enabled computers to carry out powerful searches of diverse information, including emails, phone calls, videos, as well as having voice recognition capabilities (1996); joined the board of the BBC (2007); sold Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard for £8.6 billion (2011); founded Invoke Capital, a capital venture firm which backed Darktrace, a cyber security firm (2011); member of the government’s Council for Science and Technology (2011); member of the Darktrace board (2011-2018); member of the Darktrace advisory council (until 2021); member of Darktrace science and technology council (until 2023); indicted for fraud by the US government (2018); faced Hewlett-Packard civil action for fraud in London (2019-2022); the US authorities sought Lynch’s extradition on criminal charges of conspiracy and fraud; flown to the US to be held under house arrest in San Francisco (2023); charged with wire fraud, securities fraud, and conspiracy, to which he pleaded not guilty, and cleared of all charges (2024); died with the sinking of his superyacht, the Bayesian, whilst celebrating his acquittal (2024). Honours: OBE (2006) Parents: Michael Lynch, firefighter, and Dolores Lynch, nurse. Spouse: Angela Bacares (2001) Children: Esme and Hannah (d. 19 August 2024 on the Bayesian) Known for co-founding Autonomy Corporation, Invoke Capital, and Darktrace. Autonomy became a leading company in the Silicon Fen, Cambridge. Fellow 30/04/2014 49 Adeney, Martin, 22 August 2024, Mike Lynch obituary, The Guardian on [https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/aug/22/mike-lynch-obituary; last accessed: 29/08/2024] Sharpe, Richard, Interview with Mike Lynch, 31 January 2017, 'Archives IT' on [https://archivesit.org.uk/interviews/mike-lynch-obe/; last accessed: 28/08/2024] Some sources report him as having been born in Ireland. Illford has been confirmed as his place of birth. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 16/06/1965-19/08/2024 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 28/08/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA9913 06/05/2014 Joanna 17/02/2026 RS_NET\VidaM Yes 203f9047-ae0f-4d3e-9445-94436ec9b8ed