Missing Tech Tycoon Mike Lynch's Business Partner Dies After Being Hit by a Car Days Before Yacht Sinking: Police
Mar. 15, 2025Steve Chamberlain (L); Mike Lynch.Photo:linkedin; Shutterstock
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The Guardianreports that Chamberlain was out for a run at the time he was hit, citing his attorney Gary Lincenberg.
Cambridgeshire police shared a statement from Chamberlain’s family in tribute: “Steve was a much-loved husband, father, son, brother and friend. He was an amazing individual whose only goal in life was to help others in any way possible. … He will be deeply missed but forever in the hearts of his loved ones.”
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Chamberlain was the co-defendant of Lynch in a U.S. trial over his tech company Autonomy. He was accused of fraud and conspiracy over allegedly inflating the company’s earnings with Lynch ahead of an $11 billion deal with Hewlett-Packard, perThe Times,TechCrunchand theAssociated Press.
“We deeply miss him,” Lincenberg said, according to theBBC. “Steve fought successfully to clear his good name at trial earlier this year, and his good name now lives on through his wonderful family.”
Lynch remains missing along with his daughter Hannah and four others after theyacht they were aboard sankoff the coast of Sicily on Monday, Aug. 19, following a serious storm, PEOPLE previously reported.
Mike Lynch in 2011.Dominic Lipinski/PA Images via Getty
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Twenty-two people were on the vessel at the time, including 10 crew and 12 passengers, authorities said.
Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares, was among the 15 people rescued, PEOPLE reported. Six additional people — including two Americans and four British citizens — remain missing, the coast guard and local sources said.
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A spokesperson for Sicily’s civil protection agency, Francesco Venuto, previously told the BBC that authorities believe the missing are trapped in the yacht.
source: people.com
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