<p>British tech billionaire Mike Lynch died in August 2024, on board <em>The Bayesian</em>, his luxury superyacht, sunk by a freak storm as it was moored off Sicily. He’d been there with his family and closest associates to celebrate his acquittal of criminal fraud charges in the US. It was a tragic end to the story of a self-made business man - a man who was one of Britain’s biggest titans of tech. So, who exactly was Mike Lynch? How did he manage to build such a huge tech success story? And how did it all come crashing down?</p><br><p>As we end the year, Dom and Hannah have each picked their ‘business book of 2025’. In today’s episode Hannah sits down with Katie Prescott, Times colleague and author of <em>The Curious Case of Mike Lynch</em>.</p><br><p><strong>Host</strong>: Hannah Prevett, Associate Business Editor, The Sunday Times.</p><p><strong>Guest</strong>: Katie Prescott, Technology Business editor for The Times, presenter on The Tech Podcast and author of ‘the curious case of Mike Lynch’</p><p><strong>Clips</strong>: Getty</p><p><strong>Photo</strong>: Getty</p><p><strong>Producer</strong>: Miriam Hall</p><p><strong>Executive producer</strong>: Kate Ford</p><p><strong>Get in touch</strong>: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><br><p>You can buy <em>The Curious Case of Mike Lynch</em> by Katie Prescott at the <a href="https://timesbookshop.co.uk/the-curious-case-of-mike-lynch-9781035074235/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Times Bookshop</a>.</p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/times-tech-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen to The Times Tech Podcast </a></p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>