– British tech magnate Mike Lynch is one of six people missing from a sunken yacht off Sicily
– Lynch had faced legal troubles after selling his company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard for $11 billion in 2011
– Lynch was accused of cooking the books to make the sale and faced criminal charges in the U.S. and civil charges in London
– Lynch was cleared of criminal charges in the U.S. but still faced a civil case in London where HP is seeking $4 billion in damages
– Lynch was hailed as a visionary in the tech industry before his legal troubles
– Lynch’s trial in San Francisco vindicated him and he pledged to return to the U.K. and explore new ways to innovate.