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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Business
Callum Jones in New York and Kari Paul in San Francisco

Not guilty: how tech mogul Mike Lynch’s fortunes soared, fell – and rose again

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Mike Lynch leaves the Rolls Building after the civil case over the sale of Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard, in London on 25 March 2019. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

“This is a momentous day in Autonomy’s history,” Mike Lynch declared in a press release on 18 August 2011. He was announcing the sale Autonomy, his software firm, to Hewlett-Packard for $11bn.

For Lynch 6 June 2024 would prove more significant.

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