Background
He was born in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland, in 1965, but his family moved to England, where he grew up near Chelmsford, Essex. His mother was a nurse and his father a fireman.
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Michael Richard Lynch
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n 1976, aged 11, he won a scholarship to Bancroft's School, Woodford.
He combined mathematics, biological and physical sciences, taking the combination of advanced physics, mathematics and biochemistry in the IB Tripos. For part II, he chose electrical sciences where he first met Dr Peter Rayner, his mentor in the signal processing laboratory of the engineering department.
Career
In October 2011 Autonomy was sold to Hewlett-Packard for $11Bn. In May 2012, HP fired Mike Lynch. In February 2013, Lynch raised $1 billion through his Invoke Capital fund to invest in up and coming British technology companies.
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In the late 1980s Lynch formed Lynett Systems Ltd, producing designs and audio products for the music recording industry including the first ever sampler for the Atari ST, the Lynex, which was followed by the ADAS sampler for Atari, Mac & Personal Computer. This led to the offshoot D2D Systems which produced a software-only hard disk recording system for the Atari Falcon. In 1991 he set up Cambridge Neurodynamics, which specialized in computer-based finger print recognition. In 1996 Lynch co-founded Autonomy Corporation.
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1991
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1991 - 1996
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1996 - 2012
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medal for outstanding achievement., Great Britain
He was named Entrepreneur of the Year in 1999 by the Confederation of British Industry and was awarded the Institution of Electrical Engineers medal for outstanding achievement.He was named Entrepreneur of the Year in 1999 by the Confederation of British Industry and was awarded the Institution of Electrical Engineers medal for outstanding achievement.
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a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering., Great Britain
In March 2008, he was chosen Innovator of the year at the European Business Leader of the year awards 'EBLA'.[25] In June 2008, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.In March 2008, he was chosen Innovator of the year at the European Business Leader of the year awards 'EBLA'.[25] In June 2008, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
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one of the top five most influential people in technology
In October 2008, Silicon.com readers voted him one of the top five most influential people in technology along with Tim Berners-Lee, Steve Jobs, Jimmy Wales and Eric Schmidt.In October 2008, Silicon.com readers voted him one of the top five most influential people in technology along with Tim Berners-Lee, Steve Jobs, Jimmy Wales and Eric Schmidt.