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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Alex Daniel

Mike Lynch: Autonomy founder who fought to clear his name for 13 years

Mike Lynch was frequently described as the Bill Gates of Britain for founding Autonomy – one of the biggest software firms on the planet – in 1996.

He seemed to live up to the moniker when he negotiated an 11 billion US dollar (£8.64 billion) sale of Autonomy to Silicon Valley pioneer Hewlett Packard (HP) in 2011.

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