If you’ve ever wondered what happens when a tech billionaire’s sunny weekend turns stormy, let me introduce you to Mike Lynch’s legendary misadventure.
Last year, Lynch’s superyacht, provocatively named Bayesian, decided to trade the high seas for a nice long nap on the ocean floor, claiming seven unfortunate casualties along the way. Kinda gives a new meaning to ‘drowning in debt,’ right?
This past weekend, Italian salvage teams pulled the 184-foot beauty from its watery grave, following a heroic mission that included hoisting its 236-foot mast (that’s one tall ship!). Not to be rude, but at this point, I hope they found a treasure map somewhere in that hull.
But that’s not all! Lynch’s estate is currently under the legal boot of Hewlett-Packard, still nursing old wounds from a contentious $11 billion acquisition of Autonomy back in 2011. I mean, who knew sunken ships could sink careers too?
This whole episode is like a high-stakes tech drama that even Hollywood would envy. So, let’s raise a virtual glass to this salvaged superyacht survival story—and maybe think twice before investing in those luxurious floating mansions. Unless you want to become an accidental deep-sea archaeologist.
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