Tech entrepreneurs pay tribute to ‘visionary’ Mike Lynch [Video]

Tech entrepreneurs last night paid tribute to Mike Lynch who has died after his superyacht sank in Italy, writes Jessica Clark.

Friends and industry colleagues mourned the loss of an “inspiring titan” who was known as the “British Bill Gates” after divers confirmed that his body was found in the wreck of the Bayesian.

The body of Lynch’s daughter Hannah, 18, was also found in the vessel off the coast of Sicily, as well as two others who had not been identified last night.

Two months ago, Lynch, 59, won a 13-year legal battle to clear his name after being accused of fraud.

Brent Hoberman, the founder of online travel retailer Lastminute.com, last night paid tribute to his friend of 28 years.

He said: “What a figurehead he was for so many decades for UK entrepreneurs.”

He was “an inspiring titan of technology and pioneer for many that went after him”, Hoberman said.

“He was a real …