Mike Lynch among dead in yacht disaster as his daughter ‘remains missing’

WorldBusiness & Finance
22 Aug 2024 • 4:44 PM MYT
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The body of technology tycoon Mike Lynch has been recovered after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of Sicily, as his 18-year-old daughter reportedly remains missing.

The Italian Coastguard confirmed to the PA news agency that the sixth and final person yet to be found was a woman.

Mr Lynch, his daughter, Morgan Stanley International bank chairman Jonathan Bloomer; his wife, Judy Bloomer; Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo; and his wife, Neda Morvillo, were lost when the Bayesian sank at around 5am on Monday.

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The body of the fifth missing person in the yacht’s wreckage was returned in a blue body bag to the port of Porticello on Thursday morning.