Mike Lynch (businessman)
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Michael Richard Lynch OBE DL FRS FREng (born 16 June 1965)[1] is a British technology entrepreneur, known as the co-founder of Autonomy Corporation and the founder of Invoke Capital. Lynch additionally became a co-founder, alongside Invoke Capital, of cybersecurity company Darktrace. He has also had various other roles, including those in an advisory capacity.
Mike Lynch | |
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Born | (1965-06-16) 16 June 1965 (age 58)[1] |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge (MA, PhD) |
Known for | Autonomy Corporation |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Software engineering |
Thesis | Adaptive techniques in signal processing and connectionist models (1990) |
Doctoral advisor | Peter J.W. Rayner |
Following a degree, PhD and post-doctoral research at Cambridge University, he applied his research in machine learning to set up software companies and become a major figure in Silicon Fen. The sale of Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard in 2011 led to accusations of fraud and resulted in civil litigation in the UK and Lynch's extradition to the US, where he went on trial in March 2024.