Mike Lynch’s estate and business partner owe HP £700m, court rules
by Mark Sweney from US news | The Guardian on (#6YT79)
Decision over sale of Autonomy comes a year after death of tech tycoon in accident involving his superyacht
The estate of Mike Lynch, who died a year ago when his superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily, and his business partner owe Hewlett-Packard more than 700m, a court has ruled.
The US technology company has been seeking damages of up to $4.55bn (3.37bn) from the estate of the late tycoon, once hailed as the UK's answer to Microsoft founder Bill Gates, over its disastrous takeover of his British software company Autonomy.
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