.Mike Lynch, past ceo at Hewlett-Packard Co.'s Liberty unit, speaking at a conference on Thursday, April 25, 2013. u00c2 Bloomberg|Bloomberg|Getty ImagesLONDON u00e2 $ " The physical body of British modern technology business person Mike Lynch, 59, has been retrieved coming from the wreckage of a yacht that kitchen sank off the shore of Sicily, a resource familiar with the matter said to CNBC on Thursday, confirming earlier coverage through Heavens News.Lynch's child, Hannah, continues to be unaccounted for, according to the source, who asked not to be recognized because of the sensitive nature of the scenario. Skies Updates previously disclosed that five bodies drew coming from the wreck had been actually identified due to the Italian shoreline personnel, and that Lynch was actually among the dead.Lynch, that was reported missing out on Monday, was just one of 22 guests aboard the Bayesian superyacht, which capsized while anchored in the tiny sportfishing town of Porticello, in the district of Palermo in Italy.On Wednesday, Salvatore Cocina, crown of the polite protection firm in Sicily, affirmed to NBC Updates that 5 physical bodies had actually been recouped coming from the wreck of the yacht. The only person validated lifeless by authorities until now has actually been actually Recaldo Thomas, a Canadian-Antiguan chef.CNBC has consulted with the Italian coastline personnel and also is actually awaiting a response.Lynch was actually founder of company software firm Freedom. He came to be the intended of a lengthy lawful battleu00c2 withu00c2 Hewlett Packardu00c2 after the company indicted Lynch of blowing up Autonomy's value in an $11.7 billion sale. HP took an $8.8 billion write-down on the market value of the company within a year of purchasing it.Lynchu00c2 was acted in June of fraud chargesu00c2 in a shock victory in U.S. court following a litigation that lasted for three months. He had faced costs of cord fraudulence as well as conspiracy theory for allegedly tricky to pump up Liberty's profits. Lynch denied misdeed and also told jurors HP bungled Liberty's integration.Lynch was likewise creator of Invoke Funding, a venture capital company backing European technology startups. He became a key representation sustaining the U.K. innovation industry, backing essential labels like cybersecurity company Darktrace and also legal tech agency Luminance.Tributes were paid to Lynch following information of his death.Russ Shaw, founder of innovation market groups Technology London Supporters and also Worldwide Technician Proponents, said Lynch "leaves a tradition as being one of the great contemporary British technician business people."" His potential to know how tech can handle significant problems, and then efficiently commercialise it was absolutely unique" Shaw claimed in a declaration emailed to CNBC. "Mike will appropriately be actually born in mind for his operate in nourishing a few of Britain's fantastic technology business, including Darktrace, Luminosity and Sophia Genetics." The Royal Institute of Engineering, which made Lynch a fellow in 2008, said its fiduciary board, others as well as personnel are "greatly saddened" to discover of his fatality and "deliver our great condolences to his family members."" We have warm minds of the active part he played [as a fellow] previously, as a coach, contributor and also past Council member. He was also among the inaugural members on the Company Board," the academy pointed out on the social media sites system X. "Our notions are actually with his friends and family currently." God John Browne, previous CEO of energy firm BP, mentioned in a post on X that Lynch "must be always remembered as the person that catalysed a type of profound tech business owners in the U.K. His concepts as well as his individual sight were a highly effective contribution to scientific research and modern technology in both Britain and also worldwide.".