The Curious Case of Mike Lynch
The Improbable Life & Death of a Tech Billionaire
$67.73
- Hardcover
464 pages
- Release Date
16 December 2025
Summary
Mike Lynch was a maverick outsider in the British business world. From humble beginnings, Lynch rose to become one of the UK’s richest men, selling his home-grown enterprise software company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard for over £11bn in 2011. The sale triggered one of the biggest fraud cases in Silicon Valley history, as HP accused him of cooking the company’s books. Lynch was sent to the US in handcuffs, his reputation in tatters - but was acquitted by a US jury, and returned home a free man…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035074235 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1035074230 |
| Author: | Katie Prescott |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Macmillan Business |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 16 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 690g |
| Dimensions: | 39mm x 164mm x 245mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
There is an old saying that most journalists have a bad book in them … Katie Prescott isn’t one of them. If this was a film script no one would believe it – Kamal Ahmed, journalist and author of Life and Times of a Very British Man
Totally gripping … A real-life story that reads like a novel – Sathnam Sanghera, bestselling author of Empireland
A meticulously researched glimpse into the dark side of tech business in the UK … Riveting – Parmy Olson, bestselling author of Supremacy
This gripping book, with its tragic ending, is a major achievement – Rory Cellan-Jones, journalist and former BBC News Technology Correspondent
Gripping … Essential reading for anyone interested in the future of tech, finance and transatlantic capitalism – Ed Conway, Economics Editor at Sky News and bestselling author of Material World
All the twists and turns of a top-notch thriller – Steph McGovern, journalist and BBC/Channel 4 Presenter
One of the most astonishing business stories of our time – Duncan Mavin, bestselling author of Pyramid of Lies and Meltdown
Excellent, meticulously researched biography * The Guardian *
A highly readable book * Financial Times *
My book of the year – Martin Vander Weyer, The Spectator
Katie Prescott’s account could hardly be bettered * Literary Review *
Katie Prescott
Katie Prescott is technology business editor at The Times and a weekly columnist for the newspaper’s award-winning business section. A regular on Times Radio and The Times’ daily podcast The Story, she is a familiar voice to millions of listeners after a decade reporting for the BBC and presenting the business news on Radio 4’s Today. She is the current host of The Times Tech Podcast and was the winner of ‘Tech Commentator of the Year’ at the UK Tech Awards 2024.
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