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Billionaire Mike Lynch Super Yacht Sinking
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Overview
Billionaire Mike Lynch Super Yacht Sinking refers to an August 2024 disaster in which Irish tech billionaire Mike Lynch's $18 million super yacht (named the Bayesian) sank off the coast of Sicily, Italy with Lynch, his daughter Hannah Lynch and others on board, including Morgan Stanley International bank chairman Jonathan Bloomer and his wife, Judy Bloomer, going missing. The event garnered significant press coverage and caused viral reactions on social media sites like Twitter / X and Reddit, sparking discourse and memes similar to the OceanGate Titanic Submarine Incident in which British billionaire Hamish Harding passed away in an expensive vessel. The layman's reaction to both disasters indicated a humorous lack of empathy for the uber-rich.
Background
Mike Lynch is an Irish tech billionaire known for founding Autonomy — a search engine for emails and internal business documents that helps companies find information quickly. Mike Lynch has been infamously involved in American and British legal battles based on the sale of Autonomy to HP in which Lynch was accused of cooking the books to make the sale. At the time, HP valued Autonomy at $46 billion. Many have compared him to Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. [1]
On August 19th, 2024, Mike Lynch's $18 million super yacht the Bayesian reportedly sank off the coast of Sicily, Italy when it faced an unexpected storm. Rescue teams quickly saved 15 passengers who were on board. One man was found dead. Six passengers were still missing as of August 20th, including Mike Lynch, his daughter Hannah Lynch, Morgan Stanley International bank chairman Jonathan Bloomer, his wife Judy Bloomer, lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda Morvillo.[2]
Online Reactions
On August 19th, 2024, the news spread to Twitter / X across multiple viral posts. For instance, on the day, the X[3] account of Dexerto shared the news, receiving over 36,000 likes in a day.
The tweet received viral quotes, like one from X[4] user @Nerbit_13098 on August 19th, who referenced the 2023 OceanGate Titanic Submarine Incident when writing, "Our annual tradition of sacrificing billionaires to appease Poseidon is going well I see," earning over 606,000 likes in a day (shown below).
![Our annual tradition of sacrificing billionaires to appease Poseidon is going well I see Nerbit @Nerbit_13098 Our annual tradition of sacrificing billionaires to appease Poseidon is going well I see Dexerto @Dexerto 20h Tech billionaire Mike Lynch is missing after $18M yacht sank off Italian coast 3:08 PM Aug 19, 2024 11.6M Views ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/887/105/fb9.png)
Similar jokes surfaced in viral replies to Dexerto's tweet, like one shared by X[5] user @Stop_Hammerzeit on August 19th, 2024, reading, "billionaires vs. the ocean, ocean wins again for the second year in a row," gaining roughly 10,000 likes in a day (shown below, left).
On August 19th, X[6] user @LukasMukasPukas resurfaced the Orca Whales Eating Billionaires joke in a viral quote, receiving over 85,000 likes in a day (shown below, right).
![Billionaires vs. the Ocean Dexerto @Dexerto 20h Tech billionaire Mike Lynch is missing after $18M yacht sank off Italian coast 2K 1 6.1K 36K 27M a girl with no face 4 @Stop_Hammerzeit Follow billionaires vs. the ocean, ocean wins again for the second year in a row 2:54 PM • Aug 19, 2024 326.7K Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/887/104/033.png)
![Orcas Billionaires meme Luke @LukasMukasPukas 18h *BANG BANG BANG* THE WATER IS SAFE SEND MORE BILLIONAIRES *BANG BANG BANG* Dexerto @Dexerto 20h Tech billionaire Mike Lynch is missing after $18M yacht sank off Italian coast](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/887/106/9d0.png)
Viral reactions to the disaster also surfaced on Reddit, via a viral /r/technology[9] thread that amassed over 3,800 upvotes and 670 comments in a day.
Mike Lynch Co-Defendant Conspiracy Theories
On August 19th, 2024, X[7] user @KlonnyPin_Gosch tweeted a screenshot of a The Guardian[8] article about Mike Lynch's co-defendant in the U.S. fraud trial, Stephen Chamberlain, being "fatally struck" by a car while jogging on August 17th. @KlonnyPin_Gosch noted the coincidence in a viral quote tweet, saying, "Co-defendants in a multi-billion dollar fraud trial don’t just get hit by cars and vanish in a yachting wreck off the Sicilian coast a mere 36 hrs apart… That doesn’t just happen lmfao," receiving over 15,000 likes in a day (shown below).
![Mike Lynch Co-Defendant Conspiracy Theory PARAPOWER MAPPING ParaPower Mapping @KlonnyPin_Gosch - 17h Co-defendants in a multi-billion dollar fraud trial don't just get hit by cars and vanish in a yachting wreck off the Sicilian coast a mere 36 hrs apart... That doesn't just happen Imfao i UK news Mike Lynch's co-defendant in US fraud trial 'fatally struck' by car while jogging Stephen Chamberlain was VP of finance for Autonomy, the firm co-founded by British tech tycoon missing in Sicily Dexerto @Dexerto 20h Tech billionaire Mike Lynch is missing after $18M yacht sank off Italian coast](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/887/108/091.png)
Various Reactions
![Billionaires vs the Ocean meme Nugget @TheFrenchNugget ⚫ 19h Here we go again Waiter! Waiter! More Billionaires please! Dexerto @Dexerto 20h • Tech billionaire Mike Lynch is missing after $18M yacht sank off Italian coast ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/887/128/e85.png)
![Manifesting evan loves worf @esjesjesj 18h Manifesting Elon Musk X @elonmusk Subscribe Cybertruck will be waterproof enough to serve briefly as a boat, so it can cross rivers, lakes & even seas that aren't too choppy • 11:31 AM 9/29/22 From Earth Dexerto @Dexerto 20h Tech billionaire Mike Lynch is missing after $18M yacht sank off Italian coast ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/887/124/c87.png)
![“It was a tornado that killed Mike Lynch” Mike Cosgrove @mikecosgrove "It was a tornado that killed Mike Lynch❞ The Tornado; INTELLIGENCE CENTRAL 11:08 AM Aug 19, 2024 58.4K Views AGENCY ATES OF AMERICA UNITED NITED STA](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/887/133/a41.png)
![Mike Lynch Super Yacht sinking meme brandon* @brndxix the ocean is still undefeated against billionaires Dexerto @Dexerto 20h Tech billionaire Mike Lynch is missing after $18M yacht sank off Italian coast 3:07 PM ⚫ Aug 19, 2024 584.8K Views ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/887/115/06a.png)
![Mike Lynch Yacht meme PINK Outranked @_Outranked Another billionaire "missing" 2:50 PM - Aug 19, 2024 242.7K Views 3 98](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/887/107/807.png)
![Billionaires vs the Ocean meme @Krabby7Playz Billionaires You can't defeat me. Average Person I know, but he can. The Seven Seas (For some reason)](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
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External References
[1] AP News – Who is Mike Lynch? A look at the British tech tycoon missing from a sunken yacht in Sicily
[2] The Independent – Mike Lynch yacht latest: Survivors could be alive inside Bayesian due to ‘air pockets’ as divers enter hull
[4] X – @Nerbit_13098
[5] X – @Stop_Hammerzeit
[6] X – @LukasMukasPukas
[7] X – @KlonnyPin_Gosch
[8] The Guardian – Mike Lynch’s co-defendant in US fraud trial ‘fatally struck’ by car while jogging
[9] Reddit – /r/technology
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