Mike Lynch, one of Britain’s most notable tech moguls, is on the brink of being extradited to the U.S. to face charges related to the sale of Autonomy to HP.
, described the Autonomy founder as"an iconic figure for U.K. tech," according to the newspaper report. to British firm Micro Focus in September 2016 as part of an $8.8 billion deal that involved other HP business units.."The U.K. model is there's no way of stopping a takeover. So when Hewlett Packard came along and wanted to make its offer, we couldn't stop them."
Over the last few years, Lynch has stepped back from his public activities. He left the board of Darktrace, and stopped being an advisor to the British government. He also used to be a non-executive member of the BBC's executive board. Lynch went on to attend the prestigious University of Cambridge, where he studied natural sciences, focusing on areas including electronics, mathematics and biology. After completing his undergraduate degree, Lynch did aToward the end of the 1980s, with his studies complete, Lynch founded a business called Lynett Systems Ltd, which produced designs and audio products for the music industry. One product included a sampler for Atari ST computers known as the Lynex.
The company, which scaled into one of Britain's biggest tech firms, began by launching a virtual dog for consumers that was designed to take commands and help people manage information as they browsed the internet.
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